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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-5503IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA PAUL C. 7USSEL and DEBBIE S. JUSSEL, Appellants Civil Division v. ZONING HEARING BOARD OF BOROUGH OF CARLISLE, Appellee No. O a - 5 x'03 NOTICE You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this Complaint and Notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so, the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiffs. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO HELP: NT HAVE A LAWYER OR OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIN CANNOT D OUT WHERE YOU O CA O N GET LEGAL TELEPHONE HE Cumberland County Bar Association 2 Liberty Avenue Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 Telephone (717) 249-3166 Date: November 14, 2002 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA PAUL C. JUSSEL and DEBBIE S. JUSSEL, Appellants .Civil Division V. :No. o,2, - J SrJ 3 ZONING HEARING BOARD OF BOROUGH OF CARLISLE, Appellee NOTICE OF APPEAL OF DEEMED APPROVAL OF VARIANCE NOW COMES Appellants, Paul C. and Debbie S. Jussel, and file the following Notice of Appeal Challenging the Deemed Approval of a Variance. 1. The Appellants are the owners of real property located at 215 West South Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 2. On August 23, 2002, Troy and Deneem Raudabaugh filed a Notice of Appeal requesting a public hearing before the Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Carlisle for a variance for the construction of a shed at 158 South West Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The subject property is adjacent to Appellants' property. A copy of this Notice is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 3. The Zoning Officer of the Borough of Carlisle, and the Zoning Hearing Board, failed to take action on the Raudabaugh variance request within 60 days. Under 53 Pa.C.S. Section 10908(9), a decision is deemed to be in favor of the Applicant when the Zoning Hearing Board fails to take action within 60 days. 4. 53 Pa.C.S. Section 10908(9) preserves the right of parties opposing the variance to appeal this "deemed approval" to this Court. 5. Because the Applicants, Mr. and Mrs. Raudabaugh, have no right to a variance under Pennsylvania law for the construction of the shed on their property, this Court should reverse the deemed approval for the variance. The Applicants have not, and cannot, demonstrate sufficient hardship to qualify for a variance. WHEREFORE, this Court is requested to reverse the deemed decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Carlisle. November 14, 2002 VERIFICATION The foregoing Notice of Appeal is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. This statement and verification are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C. S. Section 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities, which provides that if I make knowingly false averments, I may be subject to criminal penalties. ZONING HEARING BOARD 53 West South Street BOROUGH OF CARLISLE Carlisle PA 17013 NOTICE OF APPEAL (1) (We) n s. oes+ -Z?A- (NAME) (ADDRESS) 8 01 3 @ a y 11 t request that a public hearing be held and a (HOME PHONE) (WORK PHONE) decision be issued by the Zoning Hearing Board on the following matter: ? An appeal of a determination by the Zoning Officer issued on 199_ ? A special exception. A variance relating to: Area ? Frontage 1 Yard ? Height _ ? Use ? Which pertains to the Carlisle Borough Zoning Ordinance: Article Section Article Section Article Section Article Section The description of the properry involved in this appeal is as Location of property: 1 S 9 S Wes f Zoning District: Q- L/ Present Use: N c u s e- Proposed Use: (?u Us& wi sl ? ?l + ? Ai6? Owner of Property: -rte tug Relationship of applicant to property: ,, Owner of record. Paragraph Para_gaph Paragraph Paragraph ? Parry to a sales agreements 2 3 20 ? Parry to a lease agreement , IDAUG aA Attach the following: ? Statement of why the Zoning Hearing Board should approve the request ? Sketch plan - required for area and bulk variances. SIGNATMMv0 =ONER SIGNATURE OF PE'=ONER , L)o no[ Nine in Ihz sp=. for oniciai we omy. Date Hearing Advertised Appeal Number Q2L -COQ Fee C150 Fee Paid Receipt No. Cost of Transcript i ZONING HEARING BOARD BOROUGH OF CARLISLE 53 west South Street Carlisle PA 17013 ZHB Case Applicant's Name t he `? _{ l M e e (`? Property Location 5 t Q. -S 5 I attest that the below represents a complete and accurate list of all known owners of record of property within two hundred (200) feet radius of the lot lines of the property that is the subject of this appeal. APPLICANTS SIGNATURE DATE Proneny Oman Name P ope,-ty Address Owners Mailing Address _ Continue on back (it 4Z ? u? / 70 03 U Pauk C. Jussel and Debbie S Jussel VS. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Carlisle Borough of Zoning Hearing Board : N0.O,,T- SS03 CIVIL M WRIT OF CERTIORARI COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA) : SS. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND) TO: Carlisle Borough of Zoning Hearing Board We, being willing for certain reasons, to have certified a certain action between Paul C Jussel and Dei c T i i pending before you, do command you that the record of the action aforesaid with all things concerning said action, shall be certified and sent to our judges of our Court of Common Pleas at Carlisle, within 20 days of the date hereof, together with this writ; so that we may further cause to be done that which ought itution of this Commonwealth. R' m 4 m . 77 R- ?- P $ ?? o3 ° ?+l Postmark Here P. J. day of November 200 cp (Endorsement Regwre ) _ m Restnotea oeiNery Fee urtis R. Long ° (Endorsement Required) $ Proth o ry ° Total Postage & Fees ° ReciplenPS Name (Please Pnnt CleetlyJ (to be mmpletetl by mailer) m Street, Apt No. or PO B?N,o. ° City Stete, ZlP+4 M1 FS Forn) 380D February 20GO See R.-me f... u,trudli.r, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA PAUL C. JUSSEL and DEBBIE S. JUSSEL, Appellants V. ZONING HEARING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE, Civil Division No. 0.1 -S'Sa3 Liv 1 Appellee and TROY AND DENEEM RAUDABAUGH, Applicants MOTION OF APPELLANTS FOR REMAND OF CASE TO ZONING HEARING BOARD TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AND TO STAY PROCEEDINGS NOW COMES Appellants, Paul C. and Debbie S. Jussel, and file the following Motion. 1. 53 Pa.C.S. Section 11005-A permits this Court to remand land use appeals to the Zoning Hearing Board to receive additional evidence where it is shown that proper consideration of the appeal requires this relief. 2. In this appeal, the Zoning Hearing Board failed to act on an application for a variance within 60 days. Therefore, the application was deemed to have been approved. No factual record exists. 3. Since this decision was made by the Zoning Hearing Board without a factual record, this Court should remand this case to the Zoning Hearing Board to build a record under 53 Pa.C.S. Section 11005-A so that this Court can properly consider the substance of this appeal. 4. Also, since Appellants have never been afforded an opportunity to be heard on this issue and never received any notice, this Court should stay the proposed construction of the shed as requested in the variance application until after a factual record is compiled and this Court has properly heard this appeal. 5. Appellants believe that Applicants Troy and Deneem Raudabaugh are not entitled to a variance as requested in their application as a matter of law because they have not, and cannot, prove a sufficient hardship. WHEREFORE, this Court is requested to remand this case to the Zoning Hearing Board to compile a factual record and stay the construction of the building described in the variance application pending resolution of this appeal. Paul C. Jussel ebbie S. Juss December 16, 2002 ?' 7 FYI C7i C r = {. "? ?l rz7 DE 1 7 00Z IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA PAUL C. JUSSEL and DEBBIE S. JUSSEL, Appellants Civil Division V. No. 0-- `?5C1? ?1 v ?? 1 ZONING HEARING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE, Appellee and BY THE CO , J. TROY AND DENEEM RAUDABAUGH, Applicants RULE TO SHOW CAUSE AND NOW, this day of I2002, Appellee and Applicants are DIRECTED to show cause why the relief sought in Appellants' Motion for Remand and Stay of Proceedings should not be granted. Rule returnable r2-Q days after service. ?1 R?5 1a-is-oa a s ^ t PAUL C. JUSSEL and DEBBIE S. JUSSEL, Appellants, V. ZONING HEARING BD. OF CARLISLE, Appellee, and TROY RAUDABAUGH and DENEEM RAUDABAUGH, Applicants IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL DIVISION NO. 02-5503 REPLY OF TROY RAUDABAUGH and DENEEM RAUDABAUGH TO MOTION FOR REMAND AND NOW, come Troy Raudabaugh and Deneem Raudabaugh, by and through their attorneys, O'BRIEN, BARIC & SCHERER, and file the within Reply to Motion for Remand and, in support thereof, set forth the following: 1. Denied. These averments constitute conclusions of law to which no response is required. To the extent a response may be required, the averments are denied. 2. Admitted. 3. Denied. To the contrary, the failure of the Zoning Hearing Board to act upon the properly submitted request for a variance filed by the Raudabaughs resulted in a deemed approval as set forth and required by the Municipalities Planning Code at 53 P. S. §10908 (1.2) and (9). VERIFICATION I verify that the statements made in the foregoing REPLY TO MOTION FOR REMAND and STAY OF PROCEEDINGS are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. This verification is signed by David A. Baric, Esquire, Attorney for Troy and Deneem Raudabaugh, Applicants, and is based upon the statements provided by Applicants, as well as documents reviewed by the undersigned as attorney f'or Applicants. This verification will be substituted and ratified by a verification signed by Troy Raudabaugh and Deneem Raudabaugh. I understand that false statements herein are made subject to penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. §4904, relating to unsworn falsifications authorities. David A. Baric, Esquire Dated: 1Z Z Gam' dab\generahraudabaugh.ver CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on December 27, 2002, I, David A. Baric, Esquire, of O'Brien, Baric & Scherer, did serve a copy of the REPLY TO MOTION FOR REMAND and STAY OF PROCEEDINGS, by first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to the parry listed below, as follows: Paul C. Jussel and Debbie S. Jussel 215 West South Street Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Carlisle 53 West South Street Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 David A. Baric, Esquire Attorney for Applicants Z Date: December , 2002 ? ?7 - = "ccn:? ? s-n ,? ?; `J ! ., ? ?. ? =- --? L? ? _ .D -? N I U U b Il J l O O N m n N O a Z 8 c cr U T 7 7 r co co CO) 0 LL U) A