Municipal Corporations - Zoning - Applicability of Municipal Zoning Laws to State Agencies

Authors

Charles Lenns

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that the State Bureau of Correction may not locate one of its facilities in a municipality in disregard of a local zoning ordinance since the state legislature did not clearly intend that the Bureau of Correction should prevail in such a conflict of authority.

City of Pittsburgh v. Commonwealth, 468 Pa. 174, 360 A.2d 607 (1976).

First Page

721

Recommended Citation

Charles Lenns, Municipal Corporations - Zoning - Applicability of Municipal Zoning Laws to State Agencies, 15 Duq. L. Rev. 721 (1977).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol15/iss4/9