Administrative Watch
On September 14, 2015, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued a much-anticipated ruling that overturned a decision of the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas which found the development of a natural gas well pad in a Residential Agriculture zoning district not to be similar and compatible with other uses in that zoning district. The decision in Gorsline v. Board of Supervisors of Fairfield Township, 1735 C.D. 2014 addressed the compatibility of natural gas development in a zoning district consisting of mixed residential and agriculture uses. This ruling is significant because of the amount of natural gas development in the Commonwealth that takes place in similarly situated zoning districts.
