HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-4957PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., Appellant
V.
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. AND HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Intervenor
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 01-4957
CIVIL TERM
PRAECIPE TO WITHDRAW APPEAL
TO: PROTHONOTARY
Please mark the above-referenced matter as withdrawn and discontinued.
By:
REAGER & ADLER, PC
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 18043
2331 Market Street
Cat~, Hill, PA 17011
(717) 763-1383
Attorneys for Appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a true and correct copy of the foregoing
document was served on the following individuals via Facsimile and United States First Class
Mail, postage prepaid as follows:
Via First CIn.qq Mail and Facsimile (717) 234-1925
Dennis Boyle, Esq.
200 North Third Street
P.O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
Via First Cln~q Mail nnd Faeqimile (717) 23%5300
Steven J. Weingarten, Esq.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Via First Cla.~ Mail and Facsimile (717) 533-2705
Steven A. Stine, Esq.
Janes, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, I .l.p
P.O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
Dated:
R.EAGER & ADI.ER, PC
Charles E. Zaleski, Esq.
provisions of the Silver Spring Township Zoning Ordinance.
5. Approximately 12 acres of the Property are located in a Highway Commercial
Zoning District and the remaining 163 acres are in a Quarry Zoning District.
6. Pennsy Supply submitted two applications for variances from setback requirements at
two locations in the Quarry Zone, and an application for a special exception to expand the quarry
as a nonconforming use in the Highway Commercial Zone.
7. The variances requested were a reduction of the setback from 200 feet to 100 feet in
two areas, each located more than 600 feet from Sample Bridge Road, an existing Township
Road located at the western side of the Property. No reduction in the setback was requested for
those areas located less than 600 feet from Sample Bridge Road and the residences located
further west of said Road, and the requested variances are from 600 to 1,000 feet away from the
Sample Bridge Road residences.
8. A public hearing was duly advertised and held by Appellee on June 11,2001.
9. The Parties at the hearing were the Township and Pennsy Supply, although nearby
residents testified in opposition to the variances, party status was not requested and the Zoning
Board made no determination that any of the objectors were a party.
10. Appellee issued a written decision on July 25, 2001 (the "Decision"), which granted
the Special Exception but which denied both requested variances. A true and correct copy of
Appellee's Decision is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
11. The portion of the Decision denying the variances is the subject matter of this Land
Use Appeal.
12. The denial of the two requested variances is an abuse of discretion, is not supported
by competent testimony and is an error of law for the following reasons:
a. Pennsy Supply provided testimony from George Akens, P.E., an expert witness
familiar with the existing quarry operations and reserves, whose testimony established the
necessary facts to justify granting of the variances. Protesting neighbors provided no expert
testimony, and the Township provided no testimony.
b. The Township supported the granting of the variances and had no objection to the
requests to reduce the setback by 100 feet.
c. The requested variances do not violate the requirement of a separate agreement that
blasting activities shall not be conducted within 600 feet of Sample Bridge Road, which 600 feet
setback far exceeds the setbacks required by either the Zoning Ordinance or the mining permit
issued to Pennsy Supply by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Public
health and safety are protected by the Zoning Ordinance and DEP setbacks, and the Appellee
Board erred in determining that a setback reduction in areas located more than 600 feet from
Sample Bridge Road (three times the required setback) would be detrimental to neighboring
properties.
d. The Appellee Board erred as a matter of law in determining that the request was a
use variance and not a dimensional variance. The variances were requested in the Quarry Zone
where quarries are a permitted use. The variance application requested relief from setback
requirements which are dimensional requirements. The lesser hardship requirements for
dimensional requirements established by the Supreme Court in Hertzberg v. Zoning Bd. of
Adjustment, 721 A.2d 43 (Pa. 1998) should have been applied.
e. The Board erred in determining that the 100 foot reduction was not a de minimus
variance.
f. Pennsy Supply provided competent testimony establishing compliance with the
applicable variance tests; ie, that unique physical circumstances created a hardship, that the
variance is necessary to permit reasonable use, and that the variances would not be detrimental to
the public welfare.
WHEREFORE, Appellant, Pennsy Supply, respectfully requests the Court to reverse the
Decision of Appellee denying the requested variances, and order that the variances be granted.
Date: August 23, 2001
By:
Respectfully Submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, PC
CHARLES E. ZALESKI, ESQUIRE
Attorney I.D. No. 18043
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011-4642
Telephone No. (717) 763-1383
Attorneys for the Appellant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a true and correct copy of the foregoing
document was served on the following individuals via United States First Class Mail, postage
prepaid as follows:
Steven J. Weingarten, Esq.
Zoning Board Solicitor
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Steven A. Stine, Esq.
Township Solicitor
134 Sipe Avenue
Hummelstown, PA 17036
Dated:
EXHIBIT A
BEFORE THE
ZONING HEARING BOARD OF
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA
Application No. V~2001-10
In The Matter of
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Premises located at.
6470 Carlisle Pike
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
FINDINGS AND ORDER
Pursuant to Sections 604.3 and 604.4 of the Silver Spring Township Zoning Ordinance, as
amended (the "Ordinance"), Pennsy Supply, Inc. (the "Applicant") requests the follo~ving relief:
(1) a variance from the minimum required setback set forth in Section 223.8.4 of the Ordinance to
permit mining to 100 feet from the northern property line of Tax Parcel 7-457-16 (the "Eastern
Lot"); (2) a variance from the minimum required setback set forth in Section 223.8.4 of the
Ordinance to permit mining to 100 feet from (a) the northern property line of Tax Parcel 18d328-
63 (the "Western Lot") and (b) the western and northern property lines of the Eastern Lot; and (3)
a special exception to expand the nonconforming use of a portion of the Eastern Lot as a quarry
pursuant to Section 503 of the Ordinance.
The Silver Spring Townslfip Zoning Heating Board (the "Board") has evaluated the
Applicant's request in accordance with Sections 503, 604.3 and 604.4 of the Ordinance.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. A public heating on the Application was held on June 11~ 2001 at the Silx~er Spring
Township Municipal Building, 6475 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for the purpose
of considering Applicant's requests for relief.
2. Public notice of the heating on the application was given by newspaper publication
on May 26, 2001 and June 2, 2001, and by posting a notice on the Premises. Specific notice was
given to Applicant by first class mail.
3. Applicant has standing as owner of the Premises.
4. The Premises'consists of the Western and Eastern Lots. Thoke Lots are located
primarily in the Quarry (Q) Zone.
5. On November 8, 2000, the easternmost extension of the Western Lot (10.21 acres)
was rezoned from the Quarry (Q) Zone to the Highway Commercial (C-3) Zone. As a result of
that rezoning, 78.47 acres of the Western Lot is located in the Quarry Zone and 10.21 acres is
zoned Highway Commercial.
6. Also on November 8, 2000, a rectangular area located at the southem portion of the
Eastern Lot (2.02 acres) was rezoned from the Quarry (Q) Zone to the Highway Commercial (C-3)
Zone (the "Rezoned Portion"). As a result of that rezoning, 83.97 acres of the Eastern Lot is
located in the Quarry Zone and 2.02 acres is zoned Highway Commercial.
7. Section 223.8.4 prohibits Applicant from mining the Premises to closer than 200
feet from property lines.
8. Applicant requests a variance to extend mining of the Eastern Lot to 100 feet from
that Lot's northern property line. As depicted on Applicant's Exhibit A-I, that expanded mining
area (which represents the difference between the required 200-foot setback line and the proposed
100-foot setback line) consists of 2.47 acres (the "Northern Expansion Area").
9. Applicant requests a second variance to extend mining to (a) 100 feet of the
northern property line of the Western Lot and (b) 100 feet of the western and northern property
lines of the Eastern Lot. As shown on Applicant's Exhibit A-l, that expanded mining area covers
4.82 acres (the "Western Expansion Area").
10. Use of the Rezoned Portion for quarry operations is a preexisting, nonconforming
use. Applicant requests a special exception to expand that nonconforming use in the Rezoned
Portion. As shown on Applicant's Exhibit A-l, Applicant proposes to mine 1.007 acres (or 49.9%)
of the area of the Rezoned Portion (the "Southern Expansion Area").
11. Applicant uses explosives to fracture limestone. That blasting produces flyrock.
Flyrock consists of rocks, stones or other solid materials that become airborne when blasting
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occurs. Flyrock travels at high velocities. It can travel several hundred feet. In one instance
flyrock traveled 1,500 feet from the area of the blast. In other instances flyrock has penetrated a
building's roof, severed a tree's limb and depressed a roadway's surface.
12. John Sullivan, among other individuals, lives within 1,000 feet of the Premises. By
permitting Applicant to mine the Northern and Western Expansion Areas, mining and potentially
blasting will occur in even closer proximity to those residents' properties. Such blasting has
caused structural damage to at least five homes in the neighborhood of the Premises.
13. Mr. Sullivan lives along Sample Bridge Road. Even with the required 200-foot
setback, John Sullivan's property substantially is affected by Applicant's mining operations.
Blasting shakes his brick home. Walls become cracked. The mortar between the bricks becomes
dislodged. The intensity ora blast's shockwaves that vibrate a residence increases as the distance
between the blast and the residence decreases. The adverse affects of blasting on Mr. Sullivan's
home and other properties will be exacerbated if the Applicant is permitted to mine the Northern
and Western Expansion Areas. ·
14. Applicant has mined the Premises for decades. If the requested variances are not
~anted, Applicant still will have between 30 and 40 years of reserves (i.e. mined limestone) on
the Premises.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
Proper notice of the public hearing was given.
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2. The Board determines that Applicant has satisfied its burden of proving the
requirements of Section 503 and 604.3 of the Ordinance for expanding a nonconforming use so as
to permit Applicant to mine the Southern Expansion Area.
3. Applicant asserts that the variances to permit the Premises to be mined to 100 feet
from (1) the northern property line of the Western Lot and (2) the western and northern property
lines of the Eastern Lot are de minimus. The Board concludes that a waiver of I00 feet (or 50%)
of a setback requirement is not de minimus as a matter of law.
4. Applicant has failed to identify a unique physical circumstance or condition of the
Premises that is recognized by law.
5. Applicant also has failed to prove that any unique physical circumstance or
condition of the Premises creates an urmecessary hardship. Applicant argues that its request for
variances is governed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision in Hertzberg v. Zoning Bd. of
Adiustment of the City of Pittsburgh, 721 A.2d 43 (Pa. 1998). In that decision the Court held that
the "quantum of proof required to establish unnecessary hardship is indeed lesser when a
dimensional variance, as opposed to a use variance, is sought." Hertzberg, 721 A.2d at 47-48).
The Court also held as follows:
In addition, we now hold that in determining whether unnecessary
hardship has been established, courts should examine whether the
variance sought is use or dimensional. To justify the grant ora
dimensional variance, courts may consider multiple factors,
including the economic detriment to the applicant if the variance is
denied, the financial hardship created by any work necessary to
bring the building into strict compliance with the zoning
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requirements and the characteristics of the surrounding
neighborhood.
Hertzberg, 721 A.2d at 50.
5. The two variances requested by Applicant are use variances and not dimensional
variances; therefore, the Hertzberg standard for unnecessary hardship does not apply.
6. Applicant failed to prove any legally recognizable hardship. Even if the Hertzberg
standard applies, Applicant failed prove or quantify through competent evidence any eccmomic
detriment or financial hardship to the Applicant if the variances are denied. Accordingly,
Applicant has failed to establish an unnecessary hardship.
7. Applicant failed to show that there is no possibility that the Premises can be used
or developed in strict conformity with the setback provisions of Section 223.8.4 of the Ordinance.
Indeed, Applicant has mined the Premises for several decades. It still has bet~veen 30 and 40 years
of reserves (i.e. unmined limestone) on the Premises; therefore, Applicant may continue to mine
limestone on the Premises eyen if the requested variances are denied, and the requested variances
are not necessary to enable reasonable use of the Premises.
9. The variances, if granted, would be detrimental to the public welfare. One purpose
of the 200-foot setback requirement of Section 223.8.4 of the Ordinance is to create a safety
buffer. That buffer would be reduced to only I00 feet if the variances were granted. The Board
concludes that such a reduction in the required setback would detrimentally affect neighboring
residents and their properties due to the flyrock, shockwaves and other effects of Applicant's
mining operations.
10. Applicant failed to show that the requested variance is the minimum variance that
will afford relie£
Accordingly, the Board, by vote of 2-0, makes the following Order.
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BEFORE THE
ZONING HEARING BOARD OF
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA
Application No. V-2001-10
In The Matter of
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Premises located at
6470 Carlisle Pike
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
ORDER
AND NOW, this o,q'ff~day of July, 2001 it is ORDERED that the application (No. V-
2001-10) of Pennsy Supply, Inc. (the "Applicant") for a special exception to expand a
nonconforming use pursuant to Section 503 of the Ordinance, be GRANTED so as to permit
Applicant to mine the Southern Expansion ,aa'ea. The speciaI exception is ganted on the condition
that the Southern Expansion-Area is mined and used in conformity with the' plans presented and
representations made to the Board.
It is further ORDERED that Applicant's request for a variance from the minimum required
setback set forth in Section 223.8.4 of the Ordinance to permit mining to I00 feet from the
northern property line of Eastern Lot, be DENIED. It is further ORDERED that Applicants
request for a variance from the minimum required setback set forth in Section 223.8.4 of the
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Ordinance to permit mining to 100 feet from (1) the northern property line of the Westem Lot and
(2) the western and northern property lines of the Eastern Lot, be DENIED.
ary"L. Pierce-MdLaig, Chairperson
(Order issued this,~f' day of July, 2001.)
Pennsy Supply, Inc.
VS.
Silver Spring Township
Zoning Hearing Board
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
:
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 01-4957 Civil Tezm
WRIT OF CERTIORARI
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA)
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND)
SS.
TO: Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board
We, being willing for certain reasons, to have certified a certain action
between Pennsy Supply, Inc. and Silver Sprinq Township Zoninq Hearinq Board
pending before you, do coflmand 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,
that we m~y further cause to be done that which ought
laws and Constitution of this Co~anonwealth.
George E. Hoffer, P.J.
Pa., the 23rd day of August
, 2001
Prothon~a~ ' r ~
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Pennsy Supply, Inc.
VS. :
Silver Spring Township
Zoning Hearing Board
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 01-4957 Civil Term
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SS.
TO: Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board
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between Pennsy Supply, Inc. and Silver Sprinq Township Zoninq Hearinq Board
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our Court of Co~on 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
to be done according to the laws and Constitution of this Co~nonwealth.
WITNESS, the Honorable George E. Hoffer, P.J.
our said Court, at Carlisle, Pa., the 23rd day of August
2001
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PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Appellant : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. ~
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP : No. 01-4957 CIVIL TERM
ZONING HEARING BOARD, :
Appellee :
and :
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING, :
Intervenor :
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION
Please take notice that the Township of Silver Spring, the municipality which is the
location of the propexty of the Appellant involved in the decision of the Silver Spring Township
Zoning Hearing Board from which this appeal has been taken, intervenes in this appeal in
support of the decision of the Board.
Dated: September 5, 2001
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES, S~ ~
By:~_~
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Attomeyl. D g44859
P.O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
(717) 533-3280
& CONNELLY, LLP
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Attorney for Intervenor
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, STEVEN A. STINE, ESQUIRE, do hereby certify that I served a true and correct copy
of the foregoing upon the following below-named indiv/dual(s) by depositing same in the U.S.
Mail, postage pre-paid at Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania this 6th day of September,
2001.
SERVED UPON:
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011-4642
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. and HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
lntervenor
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
No. 014957 CIVIL TERM
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION
TO:
THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS
Pursuant to Section 1004-A of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. 1104-
A, Notice is hereby given that John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, owners of property immediately
adjacent and directly involved in the action appealed from by Pennsy Supply, Inc., intervenes in this
proceeding for the purpose of supporting the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Date: September 13, 2001
By:
Dennis E. Boyle,~I~squire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
200 North Third Street, P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717)236-3010
Counsel for Intevenors, John C. and Helen
E. Sullivan
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
AND NOW, on the date stated below, I, Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire, of the finn of Nauman,
Smith, Shisslcr & Hall, LLP, hereby certify that I this day served the foregoing "Notice of
Intervention" by facsimile and depositing a copy of the same in thc United States Mail, first class,
postage prepaid, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, addressed to the following:
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Attorney for Silver Spring Township
Zoning Hearing Board
Facsimile #(717) 237-5433
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, PC
213 Market Street
P. O. Box 1248
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1248
Attorney for Pennsy Supply Inc.
Facsimile #(717) 237-6019
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P. O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
Attorney for Township of Silver Spring
Facsimile #(717) 533-2705
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
By:
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
Date: September 13, 2001
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSI-BP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. AND HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Intervenor
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 01-4957
CWIL TERM
MOTION TO STRIKE NOTICE OF INTERVENTION
AND NOW COMES, Appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc., by and through its attorneys
Reager & Adler, PC, and in support thereof states as follows:
1. On or about September 13, 2001, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan filed a Notice of
Intervention in the above-captioned matter pursuant to 53 P.S. Section 11004-A. A copy of the
Notice of Intervention is attached hereto and marked as Exhibit "A".
2. The property at issue in the Land Use Appeal, which was the subject of the
proceedings before the Zoning Hearing Board of Silver Springs Township is owned by Pennsy
Supply, Inc..
3. Pennsy Supply, Inc. had requested certain variances before the Silver Springs
Township Zoning Hearing Board.
4. The Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board denied said variances and Pennsy
Supply, Inc. flied this Land Use Appeal on or about August 23, 2001.
5. On or about September I, 2001, the Township of Silver Springs filed a Notice of
Intervention pursuant to 53 P.S. Section 11004-A.
6. Section 53 P.S. 11004-A governs intervention in a land use appeal and allows
intervention by filing a notice 1) by the municipality, and 2) by any owner or tenant of property
directly involved in the action appealed from. (Emphasis added)
7. John C. and Helen E. Sullivan are not the owners or tenants of property directly
involved in this action and have no basis to file a Notice of Intervention pursuant to Section 53
P.S. 11004-A.
8. John C. and Helen E. Sullivan were not recognized as parties in the proceeding before
the Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board.
9. The intervention of John C. and Helen E. Sullivan in this matter is governed by the
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure pursuant to 53 P.S. 11004-A and they must proceed in
that manner if they desire to intervene.
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It is respectfully requested that this court strike the Notice of Intervention filed in this
matter on behalf of John C. and Helen E. Sullivan.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, PC
By: ~'~
Attorney I.D. No. 18043
Linus E. Fenicle, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 20944
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, pA 17011
(717) 763-1383
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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P~ISY SUPPLY, INC., : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Appellant : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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:
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEAKING BOARD : No. 01-4957 CIVIL TERM
Appc~ee :
TOWNSHIP OF SILVEP. SPRLNO, :
lntervenor :
and :
:
JOI-L'q C. and HELEN E, SULLIVAN, : Iaterve~or :
NO']3'CE OF I'NTI~RVENT~ON
TO:
TIlE HONORABLE .IIJDGES OF THE
CUMBERLA3[D COUNTY COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS
Pursuant to Section !004-A of th.- Pcnmylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. l t04-
Notice is hereby 8ivan that John C. a~d Helen E. 5ultivan, owners cf property immecliat~ly
adjacent ~ad directly involved in the action appealed t}ora by Pcnnsy Supply, Inc., int~rvanc$ in this
procccd~n$ for thc purpose ofz~ppomng the decision of thc Zotting H~-ing Board.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSI.~R & HALL, LLP
Dat~: Sept=tuber 13, 2001
By:
Dennis E. ~
Supreme Court I,D. No. 49518
200 North Third Steel, P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-08~0
Tclgplton,: (717) 23{-3010
Counscl for Inlevenors, John C. and Helen
E. Sullivan
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a tree and correct copy of the foregoing
document was served on the following individuals via United States First Class Mail, postage
prepaid as follows:
Dennis Boyle, Esq.
200 North Third Street
P.O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
Steven J. Weingarten, Esq.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
I00 Pine Street
P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Steven A. Stine, Esq.
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P.O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
Dated:
E~nus E. Fenicle, E~q.
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. AND HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Intervenor
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 01-4957
CIVIL TERM
RULE TO SHOW CAUSE
AND NOW, this ~7 "day of October, 2001, a role is entered upon John C. and Helen
E. Sullivan to show cause why this Notice of Intervention should not be stricken. Rule
returnable ~o 0~*/~' a~/~- J,.,~v, xS~ '
BY THE COURT:
2~)0 NORTH THIRD STREET
P. O. BOX 840
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
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Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD, :
Appellee :
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TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING, :
Intervenor :
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and :
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JOHN C. and HELEN E. SULLIVAN, :
Intervenors :
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 01-4957
CIVIL TERM
ANSWER OF INTERVENORS, JOHN C. AND HELEN E.
SULLIVAN TO APPELLANT'S MOTION TO
STRIKE NOTICE OF INTERVENTION
AND NOW comes the Intervenors, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, by and through their
counsel, Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP, to file an Answer to the Motion to Strike Notice of
Intervention filed by the Appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc., and avers as follows:
1. Admitted.
2. Denied as pleaded. It is admitted that Pennsy Supply, Inc. ("Pennsy Supply") owns
land upon which it operates a limestone quarry. By way of further answer, it is averred that "the
property at issue" includes lands impacted by the quarry's activities which are occupied by single
family residences, including the home of John C. and Helen E. Sullivan ("Sullivan"). The issue
before the Silver Spring Zoning Heating Board ("ZHB") was whether the ZHB can legally grant a
one hundred foot (100') reduction of the two hundred foot (200') buffer zone set-back requirement
of the Silver Spring Township Zoning Ordinance, which two hundred foot (200') set-back was
established by the Township to protect nearby residents and the traveling public using adjacent roads.
Ergo "the property at issue" includes the property of Sullivan and all other nearby residents.
3. It is admitted that Pennsy Supply requested variances to reduce the 200' safety or
buffer zone mandated by the Township Zoning Ordinance by 100' for the purpose of mining
limestone within 100' of the former safety or buffer zone.
4. It is admitted that after a hearing before the ZHB, the Board rendered its findings and
conclusions, and an order was entered denying the variance, which findings included the following:
7. Section 223.8.4 [of the Zoning Ordinance] prohibits [Pennsy
Supply] from mining the premises closer than 200 feet from property
lines.
11. Applicant . . . [Pennsy Supply] uses explosives to fracture
limestone. That blasting produces flyrock. Flyrock consists of rock,
stones and other solid materials that become airborne when blasting
occurs. Flyrock travels at high velocity. It can travel several hundred
feet. In one instance flyrock traveled 1500 feet from the area of the
blast. In other instances, flyrock has penetrated a building roof,
severed a tree limb and depressed a roadway surface.
12. John Sullivan, among other individuals, lives within 1,000 feet
of the Premises. By permitting Applicant to mine the Northern and
Western Expansion Areas, mining and potentially blasting will occur
in even closer proximity to those residents' propertys. Such blasting
has caused structural damage to at least five homes in the
neighborhood of the [Pennsy Supply] Premises.
13. Mr. Sullivan lives along Sample Bridge Road. Even with the
required 200 foot setback, John Sullivan's property is substantially
affected by Applicant's mining operations. Blasting shakes his brick
home. Walls become cracked. The mortar between the bricks
becomes dislodged. The intensity of a blast's shockwaves that
vibrate a residence increases as the distance between the blast and the
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residence decreases. The adverse affects of blasting on Mr.
Sullivan's home and other properties will be exacerbated if the
Applicant is permitted to mine the Northern and Western Expansion
Areas.
The Zoning Hearing Board made the following conclusions:
5. Applicant also has failed to prove that any unique physical
circumstance or condition of the Premises creates an unnecessary
hardship.
6. Applicant failed to prove any legally recognizable hardship.
7. Applicant failed to show that there is no possibility that the
Premises can be used or developed in strict conformity with the
setback provisions of Section 223.8.4 of the Ordinance. Indeed,
Applicant has mined the Premises for several decades. It still has
between 30 and 40 years of reserved (i.e. mined limestone) on the
Premises; therefore, Applicant may continue to mine limestone on the
Premises even if the requested variances are denied, and the requested
variances are not necessary to enable reasonable use of the Premises.
5. Admitted.
6. It is admitted that the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, 53 P.S. § 11004-A
governs intervention in a land use appeal, which section reads in part:
... any owner or tenant of property directly involved in the action
appealed from may intervene as of course by filing a notice of
intervention.
By way of further answer, marked as Exhibit "A" attached hereto is a copy of the Index Page of the
transcript of the hearing before the ZHB, which Exhibit "A" documents Sullivan's direct
involvement in the action.
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WHEREFORE, the Intervenors, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, respectfully request that this
Court deny Pennsy Supply, Inc.'s Motion to Strike Notice of Intervention.
Dated: October 26, 2001
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. Boyle~
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
200 N. 3~ Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Counsel For: John C. and Helen E. Sullivan
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FOR APPLICANT
George Akens
By Mr. Zaleski
By Mr. Boyle
FOR MR. SULLIVAN
John Sullivan
By Mr. Boyle
By Mr. Zaleski
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FREEDMAN EXHIBIT NO.
1 - Written statement
SULLIVAN EXHIBIT NO.
1 - Area photos
2 - Ariel photographs
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ALL EXHIBITS WERE
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WEINGARTEN, 5OLICITOR
FOR THE ZONING HEARING BOARD.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date listed below I served a copy of the foregoing Answer to
Motion to Strike Intervention by United States First Class Mail addressed to the party(ies) or
attorney(s) of record at the address(s) listed below:
Linus E. Fenicle, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill PA 17011-4642
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P. O. Box 650
Hershey PA 17044-0650
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg PA 17108-1166
Dated: October 26, 2001
Pent y~g.~o~e~~to
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
PRAECIPE FOR LISTING CASE FOR ARGUMENT
TO THE PROTHONOTARY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Please list the within matter for the next Argument Court.
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
VS.
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. AND HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Intervenors
No.: 01-4957 Civil Term 20
Appellant's motion to strike notice of intervention of John C. and Helen E.
Sullivan.
Counsel who will argue the case:
(a) for appellant:
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011-4642
717-763-1383
Supreme Ct. I.D. No. 18043
Counsel for Apellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc.
(b) for intervenors:
Dennis E. Boyle
200 North Third Street, P.O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
717-236-3010
Supreme Ct. I.D. No. 49618
Counsel for lntervenors, John C. and Helen E.
Sullivan
3. I will notify all parties in writing within two days that this case has been listed for
argument.
4. Argument Court Date: January 2, 2002.
Charles E. Zaleski
Supreme Ct. I.D. No. 18043
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011-4642
Attorney for Appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc.
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_CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a true and correct copy of Praecipe for
Listing Case for Argument was served on the following individuals via United States First Class
Mail, postage prepaid as follows:
Dennis Boyle, Esq.
200 North Third Street
P.O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
Steven J. Weingarten, Esq.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Steven A. Stine, Esq.
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P.O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
Dated:
R.EAGER & ADLER, PC
lissa M. Kain, Paralegal to
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING
Intervenor
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PETITION TO INTERVENE
TO: THE JUDGES OF YOUR HONORABLE COURT
AND NOW comes the Petitioners, JOHN C. SULLIVAN and HELEN E. SULLIVAN, by
their counsel, NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP to petition to intervene in this
proceeding and respectfully represent as follows:
1. The Appellant, Pennsy Supply Inc. (hereinafter "Quarry") owns land along Sample
Bridge Road in Silver Spring Township ("Township") upon which it operates a limestone quarry.
2. Quan'y filed two applications for variances fi.om the 200 feet buffer zone required of
all quarries by the Official Zoning Ordinance of Silver Spring Township ("Ordinance") §223.8.4.
The request for variances relates to two areas paralleling Sample Bridge Road and Millfording Road
at the outer perimeter of Quarry's property.
3. The home of Petitioners, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan (hereinafter collectively
"Sullivan") is located at 107 Sample Bridge Road immediately across from the Quarry's limestone
quarry.
4. Quarry's applications for variances sought to reduce the mandatory 200 feet
buffer/safety zone to 100 feet in order that Quarry could blast and extract the stone from 100 feet of
now mandated safety zone created to protect the lives and property of nearby residents and the
traveling public using the adjacent roads.
5. A hearing was held by the Silver Spring Zoning Hearing Board ("ZHB/Silver
Spring"), following which the Board rendered its findings and conclusion and an order denying the
variances, which findings included the following:
7. Section 223.8.4 [of the Zoning Ordinance] prohibits [Pennsy
Supply] from mining the premises closer than 200 feet from property
lines.
11. Applicant . . . [Pennsy Supply] uses explosives to fracture
limestone. That blasting produces flyrock. Flyrock consists of rock,
stones and other solid materials that become airborne when blasting
occurs. Flyrock travels at high velocity. It can travel several hundred
feet. In one instance flyrock traveled 1,500 feet from the area of the
blast. In other instances, flyrock has penetrated a building roof,
severed a tree limb and depressed a roadway surface.
12. John Sullivan, among other individuals, lives within 1,000 feet
of the Premises. By permitting Applicant to mind the Northern and
Western Expansion Areas, mining and potentially blasting will occur
in even closer proximity to those residents' properties. Such blasting
has caused strucmrai damage to at least five homes in the
neighborhood of the [Pennsy Supply] Premises.
13. Mr. Sullivan lives along Sample Bridge Road. Even with the
required 200 foot setback, John Sullivan's property is substantially
affected by Applicant's mining operations. Blasting shakes his brick
home. Walls become cracked. The mortar between the bricks
become dislodged. The intensity of a blast's shockwaves that vibrate
a residence increases as the distance between the blast and the
residence decreases. The adverse affects of blasting on Mr.
Sullivan's home and other properties will be exacerbated if the
Applicant is permitted to mine the Northen and Western Expansion
Areas.
Quarry called an expert witness who testified:
(1)
(2)
in relationship to "need" -- "without the variance we cannot mine the
mineral underlying the land". (N.T. 12)
blasting will result in occasional flyrock notwithstanding efforts taken by the
Quarry to reduce or eliminate flyrock. (N.T. 26, 31, 55)
(3) that Pennsy Supply's quarry does produce flyrock.
Other residents testified at the heating:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(N.T. 26).
a recent flyrock incident threw a piece of flyrock 700 feet ultimately crashing
through the roof of the Township's sewage treatment plant. (N.T. 53).
a piece of flyrock was presented by a resident approximately 9" by 5" deep
4" wide which he described a "very heavy" and that it had blasted up out of
the quarry landing on his rear yard of his home on Sample Bridge Road
across from the quarry. N.T. 44, 47).
another resident showed pictures of a two inch limb severed from a tree
located along Sample Bridge Road and a large depression in Sample Bridge
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Road caused when an errant flyrock landed on Sample Bridge Road. (N.T.
53).
8. Quarry's expert testified that he witnessed fiyrock traveling 1,500 feet (N.T. 26).
9. John Sullivan, one of the Petitioners testified that he lives in an old brick house whose
stone foundation sits on the Chambersburg limestone formation. The same limestone formation that
is presently being mined by Quarry, with the result that shock waves from the blasting are shaking
loose the mortar between lintels over doors and windows and the surrounding brick and causing
cracks in interior walls. (N.T. 57, 65, 66, 67).
10. In prior litigation involving Pennsy Supply Inc., the Township of Silver Spring and
surrounding residents Quarry entered into an agreement creating a 600 feet buffer zone. (N.T. 63,
Sullivan Exhibit No. 7). This document is a Stipulation for Consent Decree entered to No. 66 Equity
1979 executed in March, 1990 -- Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas.
11. A study prepared by an independent structural engineer at the request of Silver Spring
Township concluded that homes along Sample Bridge Road in the quarry area were damaged by
Quarry's blasting shock waves. (N.T. 68, Sullivan Exhibit No. 8).
12. Quarry's expert testified the closer a residence is to a quarry blast site, the more
intense the shock waves from the blast. (N.T. 27, 28, 34, 35).
13. Quarry's expert testified the reduction of the buffer zone from 200 feet to 100 feet
reduces the margin of safety for persons beyond the quarry perimeter. (N.T. 35).
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14. Peflfioners' home is presently being damaged by Quarry's blasting shock waves. To
reduce the buffer/safety zone from 200 feet to 100 feet will exacerbate the serious problem of home
damage and increase Petitioners' exposure to injury from errant flyrock.
15. Petitioners actively participated in the hearing before the ZHB/Silver Spring, John
Sullivan appearing as a witness and introducing exhibits. Undersigned counsel also appeared for Mr.
Sullivan and cross examined Quany's witness. A copy of the index to the transcript of the hearing
is marked Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
16. If the Petitioners are permitted to intervene, they will file a motion to affirm the
ZHB/Silver Spring adjudication denying the applications of Permsy Supply, Inc. for variances to
reduce the buffer/safety zone required by §223.8.4 of the Zoning Ordinance. A copy of the pleading
intended to be filed is marked as Exhibit "B" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
17. Petitioners believe that they would be adversely affected if the adjudication of the
ZHB/Silver Spring would be reversed, as the reduction of the margin of safety buffer zone would
increase known hazards to them and others in the neighborhood and would exacerbate the problem
of damage to their home caused by shock waves emanating from Quarry's blasting.
18. The testimony of Quarry's expert to the effect that even without the granting of the
variances Quarry can continue its quarrying activities for 30 to 40 years (N.T. 25) and Quarry's
failure to prove any unique physical circumstance creating an unnecessary hardship legally requires
the denial of the variances requested by Quarry.
WHEREFORE, the Petitioners, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, ask this Honorable Court to
issue a Rule to Show Cause why they should not be granted permission to intervene in this
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proceeding to protect their interests which would be adversely affected if Pennsy Supply, Inc. were
granted variances to blast and remove limestone from 100 feet of a 200 feet buffer/safety zone
presently mandated by Silver Spring Township Zoning Ordinance.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
200 N. 3fa Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Attorneys for Petitioners, John C. and
Helen E. Sullivan
Date: January 2, 2002
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VERIFICATION
I, JOHN C. SULLIVAN, the undersigned do hereby state that the statements set forth in the
foregoing Motion to Affirm Adjudication and Deny Appeal of Pennsy Supply Inc. are tree and
correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I understand that false statements
herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S.A. §4904 relating to unswgxa falsification to
authorities.
Exhibit A
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FOR APPLICANT
George Akens
By Mr. Zaleski
By Mr. Boyle
FOR MR. SULLIVAN
John Sullivan
By Mr. Boyle
By Mr. Zaleski
INDEX
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DIRECT CROSS
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REDIRECT RECROSS
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FREEDMAN EXHIBIT NO.
I - Written statement
SULLIVAN EXHIBIT NO.
1 - Area photos
2 - Ariel photographs
3 Photo
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5 Photo
6 - Photo
7 - Stipulation
8 - Report
ALL EXHIBITS WERE
EXHIBITS
RETAINED BY MR.
MARKED ADMI1FFED
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WEINGARTEN, SOLICITOR
FOR THE ZONING HEARING BOARD.
Exhibit B
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Appellant
V.
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. and HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Movants
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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MOTION TO AFFIRM ADJUDICATION AND
DENY APPEAL OF PENNSY SUPPLY INC.
TO: THE JUDGES OF YOUR HONORABLE COURT
AND NOW comes Movants, JOHN C. SULLIVAN and HELEN E. SULLIVAN, by their
counsel, NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP to file this Motion based upon the
following:
1. The Appellant, Pennsy Supply Inc. (hereinafter "Quarry") owns land along Sample
Bridge Road in Silver Spring Township ("Township") upon which it operates a limestone quarry.
2. Quarry filed two applications for variances from the 200 feet buffer zone required of
all quarries by the Official Zoning Ordinance of Silver Spring Township ("Ordinance") §223.8.4.
The request for variances relates to two areas paralleling Sample Bridge Road and Millfording Road
at the outer per/meter of Quarry's property.
3. The home of Movants, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan (hereinafter collectively
"Sullivan") is located at 107 Sample Bridge Road immediately across from the Quarry's limestone
quarry.
4. Quarry's applications for variances sought to reduce the mandatory 200 feet
buffer/safety zone to 100 feet in order that Quarry could blast and extract the stone from 100 feet of
now mandated safety zone created to protect the lives and property of nearby residents and the
traveling public using the adjacent roads.
5. A hearing was held by the Silver Spring Zoning Hearing Board ("ZHB/Silver
Spring"), following which the Board rendered its findings and conclusion and an order denying the
variances, which findings included the following:
7. Section 223.8.4 [of the Zoning Ordinance] prohibits [Permsy
Supply] from mirfing the premises closer than 200 feet from property
lines.
11. Applicant . . . [Pennsy Supply] uses explosives to fracture
limestone. That blasting produces flyrock. Flyrock consists of rock,
stones and other solid materials that become airborne when blasting
occurs. Flyrock travels at high velocity. It can travel several hundred
feet. In one instance flyrock traveled 1,500 feet from the area of the
blast. In other instances, flyrock has penetrated a building roof,
severed a tree limb and depressed a roadway surface.
12. John Sullivan, among other individuals, lives within 1,000 feet
of the Premises. By permitting Applicant to mind the Northern and
Western Expansion Areas, mining and potentially blasting will occur
in even closer proximity to those residents' properties. Such blasting
has caused structural damage to at least five homes in the
neighborhood of the [Pennsy Supply] Premises.
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13. Mr. Sullivan lives along Sample Bridge Road. Even with the
required 200 foot setback, John Sullivan's property is substantially
affected by Applicant's mining operations. Blasting shakes his brick
home. Walls become cracked. The mortar between the bricks
become dislodged. The intensity ora blast's shockwaves that vibrate
a residence increases as the distance between the blast and the
residence decreases. The adverse affects of blasting on Mr.
Sullivan's home and other properties will be exacerbated if the
Applicant is permitted to mine the Northen and Western Expansion
Areas.
Quarry called as an expert witness who testified:
(1) in relationship to "need" -- "without the variance we cannot mine the
mineral underlying the land". (N.T. 12)
(2) blasting will result in occasional flyrock notwithstanding efforts taken by the
Quarry to reduce or eliminate flyrock. (N.T. 26, 31, 55) and that Pennsy
Supply's quarry does produce flyrock.
Other residents testified at the heating:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(N.T. 26).
a recent flyrock incident threw a piece of flyrock 700 feet ultimately crashing
through the roof of the Township's sewage treatment plant. (N.T. 53).
a piece of flyrock was presented by a resident approximately 9" by 5" deep
4" wide which he described a "very heavy" and that it had blasted up out of
the quarry landing on his rear yard of his home on Sample Bridge Road
across from the quarry. (N.T. 44, 47).
another resident showed pictures of a two inch limb severed from a tree
located along Sample Bridge Road and a large depression in Sample Bridge
Road caused when an errant flyrock landed on Sample Bridge Road. (N.T.
53).
8. Quarry's expert testified that he witnessed flyrock traveling 1,500 feet (N.T. 26).
9. John Sullivan, one of the Movants testified that he lives in an old brick house whose
stone foundation sits on the Chambersburg limestone formation. The same limestone formation that
is presently being mined by Quarry, with the result that shock waves from the blasting are shaking
loose the mortar between lintels over doors and windows and the surrounding brick and causing
cracks in interior walls. (N.T. 57, 65, 66, 67).
10. In prior litigation involving Pennsy Supply Inc., the Township of Silver Spring and
surrounding residents Quarry entered into an agreement creating a 600 feet buffer zone. (N.T. 63,
Sullivan Exhibit No. 7). This document is a Stipulation for Consent Decree entered to No. 66 Equity
1979 executed in March, 1990 -- Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas.
11. A study prepared by an independent structural engineer at the request of Silver Spring
Township concluded that homes along Sample Bridge Road in the quarry area were damaged by
Quarry's blasting shock waves. (N.T. 68, Sullivan Exhibit No. 8).
12. Quarry's expert testified the closer a residence is to a quarry blast site, the more
intense the shock waves from the blast. (N.T. 27, 28, 34, 35).
13. Quarry's expert testified the reduction of the buffer zone from 200 feet to 100 feet
reduces the margin of safety for persons beyond the quarry perimeter. (N.T. 35).
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14. Movants' home is presently being damaged by Quarry's blasting shock waves. To
reduce the buffer/safety zone from 200 feet to 100 feet will exacerbate the serious problem of home
damage and increase Movants' exposure to injury from errant flyrock.
15. Movants actively participated in the hearing before the ZHB/Silver Spring, John
Sullivan appearing as a witness and introducing exhibits. A copy of the index to the transcript of
the heating is marked Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
16. Movants believe that they would be adversely affected if the adjudication of the
ZHB/Silver Spring would be reversed, as the reduction of the margin of safety buffer zone would
increase known hazards to them and others in the neighborhood and would exacerbate the problem
of damage to their home caused by shock waves emanating from Quarry's blasting.
17. The testimony of Quarry's expert to the effect that even without the granting of the
variances Quarry can continue its quarrying activities for 30 to 40 years (N.T. 25) and Quarry's
failure to prove any unique physical circumstance creating an unnecessary hardship legally requires
the denial of the variances requested by Quarry.
18. Quarry failed to meet the statutory burden imposed upon applicants for variances as
set forth in Section 910.2(a) of the Municipal Planning Code ("MPC"), 53 P.S. 2110910.2(a) which
required Quarry to prove all of the following:
(1) unique physical circumstances giving rise to unnecessary hardship is due to
such circumstances and not provisions of the zoning ordinance.
(2) due to the unique physical circumstances there is no possibility the property
can be developed in strict conformity with the zoning ordinance.
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(3) the unnecessary hardship was not created by Quarry.
(4) that the variances, if granted, will not be "detrimental to the public welfare."
19. Setback requirements of the Silver Spring Zoning Ordinance are valid exercises of
its power under the MPC and the creation of the buffer/safety of 200 feet surrounding all quarries
in Silver Spring Township and represents a mandated use of land for the health, safety and general
welfare of the Township.
20. An application for a variance in the setback required around the perimeter of a quarry
is an application for a change in use and is not a request for a dimensional variance.
21. Clear and convincing evidence of the inherent hazard created by blasting by Pennsy
Supply Inc. and the history of errant flyrock and resultant damage to surrounding structures and
public highway legally require the denial of variances which would bring the known hazard 100 feet
closer to surrounding residents and the public using adjacent roadways.
WHEREFORE, the Movants, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, move that this Honorable Court
affirm the Order of the Silver Spring Township Zoning Heating Board denying Pennsy Supply Inc.'s
Application for Variance.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SItISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
200 N. 3rd Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Attorneys/bt Movants, John C. and
Helen E. Sullivan
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
AND NOW, on the date stated below, I, Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire, of the firm of
Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP, hereby certify that I this day served the foregoing
"Petition to Intervene" by depositing a copy of the same in the United States Mail, first class,
postage prepaid, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, addressed to the following:
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, PC
213 Market Street
P. O. Box 1248
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1248
Attorney for Pennsy Supply Inc.
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Attorney for Silver Spring Township
Zoning Hearing Board
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P. O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
Attorney for Township of Silver Spring
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
Date: January 2, 2002
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING
Intervenor
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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CERTIFICATION UNDER LOCAL RULE 206-2
The Undersigned certifies that pursuant to Rule 206-2 that he contacted counsel for the
Appellant for purposes of seeking his concurrence and he did not concur. A call was placed to
counsel for Pennsy Supply Inc. and I was unable to obtain his concurrence to the Petition to
Intervene.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. Boyle, Esqmre
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
200 N. 3rd Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Attorneys for Petitioners, John C. and
Helen E. Sullivan
Date: January 2, 2002
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
PLAINTIFF : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP ZONING:
HEARING BOARD,
DEFENDANT
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
INTERVENOR
· 01-4957 CIVIL TERM
AND NOW, this ~ day of January, 2002, upon relation by
counsel that John C. and Helen E. Sullivan have abandoned their procedure to
intervene as a matter "of course," the Rule entered against them on October 9, 2001, to
show cause why their notice of intervention should not be stricken, IS MADE
ABSOLUTE. The notice of intervention, IS STRICKEN.
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
For Plaintiff
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
For Defendant
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
For Intervenor, Township of Silver Spring
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
For John C. and Helen E. Sullivan
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PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
PLAINTIFF : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIPZONING:
HEARING BOARD,
DEFENDANT
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
INTERVENOR
: 01-4957 CIVIL TERM
AND NOW, this ~ day of January, 2002, upon consideration of
the petition to intervene filed on behalf of John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that:
1. A Rule is issued upon the appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc., to show cause why
the petitioners are not entitled to the relief requested.
2. A hearing shall be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 1:30 p.m., in
Courtroom Number 2, Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
3. Notice of the entry of this order shall be served upon Charles E. Zaleski,
Esquire, counsel for the appellant, and Steven A. Stine, Esquire, Solicitor for Silver
Spring Township, by the petitioners, and a certificate so stating filed with the court.
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
For Plaintiff
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
For Defendant
Steven A. Stine, Esquire 7~
For Intervenor, Township of Silver Spring
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
For John C. and Helen E. Sullivan
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PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
Intervenor
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: NO.: 01-4957
: CIVIL ACTION
: LAND USE APPEAL
ANSWER OF APPELLANT, PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
TO PETITIONERS'
PETITION TO INTERVENE
AND NOW comes the Appellant, PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., through its attorneys, Charles E.
Zaleski, Esquire, and Reager & Adler, PC, to file an Answer to the Petition to Intervene filed by
Petitioners, John C. Sullivan and Helen E. Sullivan, and avers as follows:
1. Admitted.
2. Admitted.
3. Denied as pleaded. It is admitted that the address of Petitioners' home is 107 Sample
Bridge Road. But it is denied that it is located "immediately across" from the Quarry's limestone quarry.
The Petitioner's property in relation to the Quarry is shown in the map set entitled "Zoning Application
for Variance and Special Exception" on Sheet A-1 entitled "Property Map," which was submitted with the
appellant's zoning application. Petitioners' property is located on the parcel marked Index No. 255 which
is separated from the subject Quarry by at least one thousand (1,000) feet. Within this one thousand
(1,000) foot distance is located (1) the Hempt Brothers, Inc. property; (2) Conodoguinet Creek; (3)
Sample Bridge Road; and (3) and a six hundred (600) foot setback in addition to the subject two hundred
(200) foot zoning buffer around the Quarry. (Ex. A-l; Ex. A-2; Tr. at 8-9, 30, 51, 62, 63, 69).
4. Denied as pleaded. It is admitted that the Quarry is seeking to reduce the 200 foot zoning
setback to 100 feet in order that the Quarry can mine to within 100 feet of the property line. The Quarry
expert described the setback as a "buffer" zone but declined to call it a "safety" zone. (N.T. 34-35)
5. It is admitted that a heating was held by the Silver Spring Zoning Hearing Board
("ZHB"), following which the Board rendered its findings and conclusion and an order denying the
variances.
6. It is admitted that Quarry called an expert witness. The characterization of his testimony
in the Petition to Intervene is denied as follows:
(a) It is denied that the expert witness, Mr. George Akens, testified that the variance
was "needed" because "without the variance we cannot mine the mineral
underlying the land." By way of further response, the expert witness testified
that "the variance would be necessary to allow reasonable use of the property, in
that without the variance we obviously cannot mine the property." (N.T. 12).
(b) It is admitted that the expert witness testified that blasting can result in
occasional flyrock notwithstanding efforts taken by the Quarry to reduce, or
eliminate, flyrock. By way of further response, the expert witness also testified
that Appellant has instituted very modem blasting procedures well in excess of
what the Department of Environmental Protection requires solely to prevent
flyrock events. The witness testified that, "I know of one flyrock incident in this
quarry in the last - well, like I say, I've been here I5, 16 years. It is extremely
rare. However, it can happen. "(N.T. 49)
(c) Admitted.
7. (a) It is admitted that a resident testified that there was a flyrock incident which
threw a piece of flyrock 700 feet ultimately crashing through the roof of the Township's sewage treatment
plant. There was no indication in the testimony as to when this event occurred, and there was no
indication that it was a "recent" event. (N.T. 53)
(b) It is admitted that there was testimony about a flyrnck incident where a piece of
flyrock presented by a resident was said to have landed in his back yard. This resident also stated that the
incident occurred "back in the 70's." The piece of flyrock was described by the resident as being "as big
as my hand, and it is heavy .... "(N.T. 44-45, 47)
(c) It is admitted that a resident testified that a two inch limb was severed from a tree
located along San~sple Bridge Road, and a pit was made in the road when the errant flyrnck landed on
Sample Bridge Road, but no date on the event was given. (N.T. 53)
8. Denied as stated. It is admitted that Quarry's expert testified that "I think once in my
thirty some odd years of working with quarries, I've had flymck, a single rock went 1,500 feet. But that
is an extremely unusual situation." (N.T. 26)
9. It is admitted that the statement was made by John Sullivan. It is denied that the
described conditions were caused by the operations of the Quarry.
10. Adrr~tted.
11. It is admitted that a report was submitted. Every other page in the report is missing
purportedly due to clerical error in making copies, and the conclusions are denied.
12. Denied as stated. It is admitted that the Quarry expert testified that it is a "possibility"
that the closer explosives are to adjoining landowners, the more intense the effect. (N.T. 27-28)
13. It is admitted that the Quarry expert testified that the reduction of the buffer zone reduces
to the margin of safety "to some limited extent." (N.T. 35)
14. Denied as pleaded. It is denied that there was any evidence that reducing the 200 foot
setback to 100 feet would affect the Petitioner's house any differently, change the essential character of
the area, or change the degree of impact of that character on Petitioner's home. (N.T. 12-13, 17)
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15. Admitted.
16. Admitted.
17. It is admitted that Petitioners believe that they would be adversely affected if the
adjudication of the ZHB would be reversed. It is denied that there is any evidence in the record that the
reduction in the setback by 100 feet would effect any noticeable change or have any noticeable affect on
their property or the property of those in the area.
18. Denied as pleaded. It is admitted that Quarry's expert testified that even without the
granting of the variances the Appellant can continue its quarrying activities for 30 to 40 years. (N.T. 25).
By way of further response, an unnecessary hardship was established based on exceptional physical
conditions peculiar to the site such that the Appellant could not make reasonable use of the property as a
Quarry. (N.T. 12)
WHEREFORE, the Appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc., respectfully asks this Court to deny
Petitioners, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, their Petition to Intervene.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, P.C.
Christine Schwamberger, Esquire
Attorney I.D. # 87154
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Attorney I.D. # 18043
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 763-1383
Attorneys for Appellant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
! hereby certify that on the date set forth below a true and correct copy of Answer of Appellant,
Pcnnsy Supply, Inc., to ct~tloncrs Petition to Intervene was served on thc following individuals via
United States First Class Mail, postage prepaid as follows:
Dennis Boyle, Esq.
200 North Third Street
P.O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
Steven J. Weingarten, Esq.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P.O. box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Steven A. Stine, Esq.
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P.O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
REAGER & ADLER, PC
Dated:
Christine M. Schwamberger,V~sq.
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Appellant
V.
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
V.
TOV~NSHIP OF SILVER SPRING
Intervenor
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date listed below I served a copy of an Order of Court dated
January 16, 2002, a copy of which is attached hereto, by United States First Class Mail addressed
to the party(ies) or attorney(s) of record at the address(s) listed below:
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
CampHill PA 17011
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P. O. Box 650
Hershey PA 17033-0650
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg PA 17108-1166
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Penny A. f~ogers, Leg/al Xssistant to
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
200 N. 3rd Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Counsel For: John C. & Helen E. Sullivan
D t d J 18 2002
JAN t 8 2002
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC,,
PLAINTIFF
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
:
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP ZONING ·
HEARING BOARD,
DEFENDANT
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
INTERVENOR
: 01-4957 CIVIL TERM
AND NOW, this
day of January, 2002, upon consideration of
the petition to intervene filed on behalf of John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that:
1. A Rule is issued upon the appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc., to show cause why
the petitioners are not entitled to the relief requested.
2. A hearing shall be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 1:30 p.m., in
Courtroom Number 2, Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
3. Notice of the entry of this order shall be served upon Charles E. Zaleski,
Esquire, counsel for the appellant, and Steven A. Stine, Esquire, Solicitor for Silver
Spring Township, by the petitioners, and a certificate so stating filed with the court.
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PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Appellant
V.
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
V.
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING
Intervenor
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: NO. 01-4957
: CIVIL ACTION
MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF HEARING
AND NOW comes the Petitioner/Intervenor, John C. Sullivan, by and through his counsel,
Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP, and respectfully requests this Court to continue the hearing
scheduled for March 20, 2002, and in support thereof avers as follows:
1. On or about January 2, 2002, the Petitioners/Intervenors, John C. and Helen E.
Sullivan, filed their Petition to Intervene in the above-captioned matter.
2. On Jan~ory 16, 2002, this Court entered an Order scheduling a hearing on the Petition
· to Intervene for March 20, 2002, at 1:30 p.m..
3. On March 9, 2002, the Petitioner/Intervenor, Helen E. Sullivan, wife of the
Petitioner/Intervenor, John C. Sullivan, passed away.
4. Petitioner/Intervenor, John C. Sullivan, will not be able to appropriately prepare for
the scheduled hearing and respectfully requests a continuance.
5. Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire, Counsel for Pennsy Supply, Inc., and Steven A. Stine,
Esquire, counsel for Silver Spring Township, have been advised of this Motion and have no
objections.
WHEREFORE, the Petitioner/Intervenor, John C. Sullivan, respectfully requests that for
the foregoing reasons, the heating scheduled for March 20, 2002, be continued to a later date.
Dated: March 14, 2002
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Craig J. Staudenmaier, Esquire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 34996
200 N. 3rd Street, 18t~ Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Counsel For: John C. & Helen E. Sullivan
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date listed below I served a copy of the foregoing Motion for
Continuance by United States First Class Mail addressed to the party(ies) or attorney(s) of record at
the address(s) listed below:
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill PA 17011
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P. O. Box 650
Hershey PA 17033-0650
Penny A. l~ogers, LegalJAs~istant to
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
Dated: March 14, 2002
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING
Intervenor
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: NO. 01-4957
: CIVIL ACTION
ANDNOW, this tt~.dayof "~9_~LE_~ ,2002, upon consideration ofthe Motion
of John C. Sullivan for a continuance of the heating scheduled for March 20, 2002, it is HEREBY
ORDERED that said Motion is GRANTED and the heating scheduled for March 20, 2002, is
continued until ~ _5 ,2002. a.,6 Q..'oo c~.~., -3, ~ ~. 3]
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
APPELLANT
V.
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP ZONING:
HEARING BOARD,
APPELLEE
V.
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
INTERVENOR : 01-4957 CIVIL TERM
IN RE: PETITION OF JOHN C. SULLIVAN AND HI~LI~N E. SULLIVAN TO
ORDER OF COURT
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
AND NOW, this
merits, the petition of John C. Sullivan and Helen E. Sullivan to intervene, IS
day of April, 2002, following a hearing on the
Edgar B. Bayley,
GRANTED.1
~ The Sullivans have a legally enforceable interest in this appeal from the decision
of the Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board denying a request for a
variance by Pennsy Supply, Inc. The Zoning Hearing Board has not entered an
appearance. The interest of the Sullivans may not be represented by intervenor,
Township of Silver Spring, with the same intensity as it will by intervenor.
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
For Appellant
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
For Intervenor, Township of Silver Spring
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
For John C. and Helen E. Sullivan
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PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Appellant
V.
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. and HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Movants
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 01-4957
:
: CIVIL ACTION
;
: LAND USE APPEAL
MOTION TO AFFIRM ADJUDICATION AND
DENY APPEAL OF PENNSY SUPPLY INC.
TO: THE JUDGES OF YOUR HONORABLE COURT
AND NOW comes Movants, JOHN C. SULLIVAN and HELEN E. SULLIVAN, by their
counsel, NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP to file this Motion based upon the
following:
1.
The Appellant, Pennsy Supply Inc. (hereinafter "Quarry") owns land along Sample
Bridge Road in Silver Spring Township ("Township") upon which it operates a limestone quarry.
2. Quarry filed two applications for variances from the 200 feet buffer zone required of
all quarries by the Official Zoning Ordinance of Silver Spring Township ("Ordinance") §223.8.4.
The request for variances relates to two areas paralleling Sample Bridge Road and Millfording Road
at the outer perimeter of Quarry's property.
3. The home of Movants, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan (hereinafter collectively
"Sullivan") is located at 107 Sample Bridge Road immediately across from the Quarry's limestone
4. Quarry's applications for variances sought to reduce the mandatory 200 feet
buffer/safety zone to 100 feet in order that Quarry could blast and extract the stone from 100 feet of
now mandated safety zone created to protect the lives and property of nearby residents and the
traveling public using the adjacent roads.
5. A hearing was held by the Silver Spring Zoning Hearing Board ("ZHB/Silver
Spring"), following which the Board rendered its findings and conclusion and an order denying the
variances, which findings included the following:
7. Section 223.8.4 [of the Zoning Ordinance] prohibits [Pennsy
Supply] from mining the premises closer than 200 feet from property
lines.
11. Applicant . . . [Pennsy Supply] uses explosives to fracture
limestone. That blasting produces flyrock. Flyrock consists of rock,
stones and other solid materials that become airborne when blasting
occurs. Flyrock travels at high velocity. It can travel several hundred
feet. In one instance flyrock traveled 1,500 feet from the area of the
blast. In other instances, flyrock has penetrated a building roof,
severed a tree limb and depressed a roadway surface.
12. John Sullivan, among other individuals, lives within 1,000 feet
of the Premises. By permitting Applicant to mind the Northern and
Western Expansion Areas, mining and potentially blasting will occur
in even closer proximity to those residents' properties. Such blasting
has caused structural damage to at least five homes in the
neighborhood of the [Pennsy Supply] Premises.
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13. Mr. Sullivan lives along Sample Bridge Road. Even with the
required 200 foot setback, John Sullivan's property is substantially
affected by Applicant's mining operations. Blasting shakes his brick
home. Walls become cracked. The mortar between the bricks
become dislodged. The intensity of a blast's shockwaves that vibrate
a residence increases as the distance between the blast and the
residence decreases. The adverse affects of blasting on Mr.
Sullivan's home and other properties will be exacerbated if the
Applicant is permitted to mine the Northen and Western Expansion
Areas.
Quarry called as an expert witness who testified:
(1)
in relationship to "need" -- "without the variance we cannot mine the
mineral underlying the land". (N.T. 12)
(2) blasting will result in occasional flyrock notwithstanding efforts taken by the
Quarry to reduce or eliminate flyrock.
Supply's quarry does produce flyrock.
Other residents testified at the hearing:
(1)
(N.T. 26, 31, 55) and that Pennsy
(N.T. 26).
a recent flyrock incident threw a piece of flyrock 700 feet ultimately crashing
through the roof of the Township's sewage treatment plant. (N.T. 53).
(2) a piece of flyrock was presented by a resident approximately 9" by 5" deep
4" wide which he described a "very heavy" and that it had blasted up out of
the quarry landing on his rear yard of his home on Sample Bridge Road
across from the quarry. (N.T. 44, 47).
(3) another resident showed pictures of a two inch limb severed from a tree
located along Sample Bridge Road and a large depression in Sample Bridge
Road caused when an errant flyrock landed on Sample Bridge Road. (N.T.
53).
8. Quarry's expert testified that he witnessed flyrock traveling 1,500 feet (N.T. 26).
9. John Sullivan, one of the Movants testified that he lives in an old brick house whose
stone foundation sits on the Chambersburg limestone formation. The same limestone fot,xuation that
is presently being mined by Quarry, with the result that shock waves from the blasting are shaking
loose the mortar between lintels over doors and windows and the surrounding brick and causing
cracks in interior walls. (N.T. 57, 65, 66, 67).
10. In prior litigation involving Pennsy Supply Inc., the Township of Silver Spring and
surrounding residents Q~mrry entered into an agreement creating a 600 feet buffer zone. (N.T. 63,
Sullivan Exhibit No. 7). This document is a Stipulation for Consent Decree entered to No. 66 Equity
1979 executed in March, 1990 Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas.
11. A study prepared by an independent structural engineer at the request of Silver Spring
Township concluded that homes along Sample Bridge Road in the q~arry area were damaged by
Quarry's blasting shock waves. (N.T. 68, Sullivan Exhibit No. 8).
12. Quarry's expert testified the closer a residence is to a quarry blast site, the more
intense the shock waves from the blast. (N.T. 27, 28, 34, 35).
13. Quarry's expert testified the reduction of the buffer zone from 200 feet to 100 feet
reduces the margin of safety for persons beyond the q~arry perimeter. (N.T. 35).
14. Movants' home is presently being damaged by Quarry's blasting shock waves. To
reduce the buffer/safety zone from 200 feet to 100 feet will exacerbate the serious problem of home
damage and increase Movants' exposure to injury from errant flyrock.
15. Movants actively participated in the hearing before the ZHB/Silver Spring, John
Sullivan appearing as a witness and introducing exhibits. A copy of the index to the transcript of
the hearing is marked Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
16. Movants believe that they would be adversely affected if the adjudication of the
ZHB/Silver Spring would be reversed, as the reduction of the margin of safety buffer zone would
increase known hazards to them and others in the neighborhood and would exacerbate the problem
of damage to their home caused by shock waves emanating from Quarry's blasting.
17. The testimony of Quarry's expert to the effect that even without the granting of the
variances Quarry can continue its quarrying activities for 30 to 40 years (N.T. 25) and Quarry's
failure to prove any unique physical circumstance creating an unnecessary hardship legally requires
the denial of the variances requested by Quarry.
18. Qnarry failed to meet the statutory burden imposed upon applicants for variances as
set forth in Section 910.2(a) of the Municipal Planning Code ("MPC"), 53 P.S. 2110910.2(a) which
required Quarry to prove ail of the following:
(1) unique physical circumstances giving rise to unnecessary hardship is due to
such circumstances and not provisions of the zoning ordinance.
(2) due to the tmique physical circumstances there is no possibility the property
can be developed in strict conformity with the zoning ordinance.
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(3) the unnecessary hardship was not created by Quarry.
(4) that the variances, if granted, will not be "de 'tnmental to the public welfare."
19. Setback requirements of the Silver Spring Zoning Ordinance are valid exercises of
its power under the MPC and the creation of the buffer/safety of 200 feet surrounding all quarries
in Silver Spring Township and represents a mandated use of land for the health, safety and general
welfare of the Township.
20. An application for a variance in the setback required around the perimeter of a quarry
is an application for a change in use and is not a request for a dimensional variance.
21. Clear and convincing evidence of the inherent hazard created by blasting by Pennsy
Supply Inc. and the history of errant flyrock and resultant damage to surrounding structures and
public highway legally require the denial of variances which would bring the known hazard 100 feet
closer to surrounding residents and the public using adjacent roadways.
WHEREFORE, the Movants, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, move that this Honorable Court
afl'am the Order of the Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board denying Pennsy Supply Inc.'s
Application for Variance.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. Boyle, sq~uire
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
200 N. 3ra Street, 18th Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Attorneys for Movants, John C. and
Helen E. Sullivan
VERIFICATION
I, JOHN C. SULLIVAN, the undersigned do hereby state that the statements set forth in the
foregoing Motion to Affirm Adjudication and Deny Appeal of Pennsy Supply Inc. are true and
correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I understand that false statements
herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S.A. §4904 relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities.
Date:
EXHIBIT "A"
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FOR APPLICANT
George Akens
By Mr. Zaleski
By Mr. Boyle
FOR MR. SULLIVAN
]ohn Sullivan
By Mr. Boyle
By Mr. Zaleski
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FREEDMAN EXHIBIT NO.
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SULLIVAN EXHIBIT NO.
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7 - Stipulation
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ALL EXHIBITS WERE RETAINED BY MR. WEINGARTEN, SOLICITOR
FOR THE ZONING HEARING BOARD.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date listed below I served a copy of the foregoing Motion to
Affirm Adjudication and Deny Appeal, by United States First Class Mail addressed to the party(ies)
or attorney(s) of record at the address(s) listed below:
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill PA 17011
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P. O. Box 650
Hershey PA 17033-0650
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg PA 17108-1166
Penny A. l~ogers, Legal Assistant to
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
Counsel For: John C. & Helen E. Sullivan
Dated: May 13, 2002
PRAECIPE FOR LISTING CASE FOR ARGUMENT
TO THE PROTHONOTARY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Please list the within matter for the next Argument Court.
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
Appellant
VS.
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. AND HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Intervenors
No.: 01-4957 Civil Term
Appellant's Motion to Strike Motion to Affirm Adjudication and Deny Appeal
of Pennsy Supply, Inc. of Movants John C. and Helen E. Sullivan.
Counsel who will argue the case:
(a) for appellant:
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011-4642
717-763-1383
Supreme Ct. I.D. No. 18043
Counsel for Appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc.
(b) for Movants:
(c) for Intervenor
(d) For Appellee
Dennis E. Boyle
200 North Third Street, P.O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
717-236-3010
Supreme Ct. I.D. No. 49618
Counsel for Movants, John C. and Helen E.
Sullivan
Steven A. Stine, Esq.
James, Smith, Durkin & Cormelly, LLP
P.O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
Attorney for Intervenor, Township of Silver Spring
Steven J. Weingarten, Esq.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Attorney for Appellee, Silver Spring Township
Zoning Hearing Board
3. I will notify all parties in writing within two days that this case has been listed for
argument.
4. Argument Court Date: July 24, 2002.
Charles E. Zaleski
Supreme Ct. I.D. No. 18043
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011-4642
Attorney for Appellant, Pennsy Supply, Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a true and correct copy of the
foregoing document was served on the following individuals via United States First Class
Mail, postage prepaid as follows:
Dennis Boyle, Esq.
200 North Third Street
P.O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
Steven J. Weingarten, Esq.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Steven A. Stine, Esq.
James, Smith, Durkin & Connelly, LLP
P.O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
Dated:/~ ~-~a~j ~t~'~
REAGER & ADLER, PC
Charles E. Zaleski, Esq.
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC., Appellant
V.
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP
ZONING HEARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
Intervenor
and
JOHN Ci AND HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Intervenor
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 01-4957
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MOTION TO STRIKE JOHN C. AND HELEN E. SULLIVAN'S
MOTION TO AFFIRM ADJUDICATION AND DENY APPEAL
OF PENNSY SUPPLY~ INC.
AND NOW COMES, Movant, Pennsy Supply, Inc., by and through its attorneys Reager
& Adler, PC, and fries this Motion, and in support thereof states as follows:
1. On or about May 15, 2002, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan ("Sullivan") filed a Motion
to Affn-m Adjudication and Deny Appeal of Pennsy Supply, Inc. A copy of the Motion is
attached hereto and marked as Exhibit "A".
2. The property at issue in the Land Use Appeal, which was the subject of the
proceedings before the Zoning Hearing Board of Silver Springs Township, is owned by Pennsy
Supply, Inc.
3. Pennsy Supply, Inc. requested certain variances before the Silver Spring Township
Zoning Hearing Board.
4. The Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board denied said variances on or about
July 25, 2001and Pennsy Supply, Inc. filed a Land Use Appeal on or about August 23, 2001.
5. By Order of Court of April 5, 2002, the Petition of Sullivan to intervene was granted
by this court.
6. The Motion of Sullivan in the above-captioned matter is a motion to affirm the
adjudication by the Silver Spring Zoning Hearing Board on the zoning variance request of Pennsy
Supply, Inc.
7. Section 53 P.S. 11001-A et seq. of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code
governs land use appeals and constitutes the exclusive mode of review of an order of a zoning
hearing board.
8. The Motion filed in the instant matter in essence seeks a decision on the merits of
the appeal filed by Pennsy Supply, and the process proposed is not appropriate nor authorized
under any roles or procedures.
9. The proper procedure to secure a decision on the merits of a land use appeal is to
list the matter for Argument Court. Thereafter, briefs are fried and oral argument is held.
10. Neither the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code nor the Cumberland
County Local Rules provide for the procedure utilized by Sullivan.
11. This same date, Permsy Supply, Inc. has filed a Praecipe listing this matter for
argument.
It is respectfully requested that this court strike the Motion to Affirm Adjudication and
Deny Appeal of Pennsy Supply, Inc. fried by Sullivan. It is further requested that the improperly
fried Sullivan Motion be removed from the docket and not be considered by the Court in its
deliberations on the Appeal before the Court.
Respectfully submitted,
REAGER & ADLER, PC
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 18043
Linus E. Fenicle, Esquire
Attorney I.D. No. 20944
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 763-1383
Attorneys for Movant, Pennsy Supply, Inc.
Exhibit A
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.
Appellant
SILVER SPRING TOWNS}lIP
ZONING HI~ARING BOARD,
Appellee
and
TOWNSgYrP OF SILVER SPRING
Intervenor
and
JOHN C. and l~ELEN E. SULLIVAN,
Movants
: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
: NO. 01-4957
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CIVIL ACTION
LAND USE APPEAL
MOTION TO AFFIRM ADJUDICATION AND
DENY APPEAL OF PENNSY SUPPLY INC.
TO: THE JUDGES OF YOUR HONORABLE COURT
AND NOW comes Movants, JOHN C. SULLIVAN and HELEN E. SULLIVAN, by their
counsel, NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP to file this Motion based upon the
following:
1. The Appellant, Pennsy Supply Inc. (hereinafter "Qnarrf') owns land along Sample
Bridge Road in Silver Spring Township ("Township") upon which it operates a limestone qu_a_ny.
2. Quarry filed two applicalions for variances firom the 200 feet buffer zone required of
all quarries by the Official Zoning Ordinance of Silver Spring Township ("Ordinance") §223.8.4.
The request for variances relates to two areas paralleling Sample Bridge Road and Millfording Road
at the outer perimeter of Quarry's property.
3. The home of Movants, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan (hereinafter collectively
"Sullivan") is located at 107 Sample Bridge Road immediately across from the Quarry's limestone
4. Quarry's applications for variances sought to reduce the mandatory 200 feet
buffer/safety zone to 100 feet in order that Quarry could blast and extract the stone from 100 feet of
now mandated safety zone created to protect the lives and property of nearby residents and the
traveling public using the adjacent roads.
5. A hearing was held by the Silver Spring Zoning Hearing Board ("ZHB/Silver
Spring"), following which the Board rendered its findings and conclusion and an order denying the
variances~ which findings included the following:
7. Section 223.8.4 [of the Zoning Ordinance] prohibits [Pemasy
Supply] from mining the premises closer than 200 feet from property
lines.
11. Applicant... [Peansy Supply] uses explosives to tincture
limestone. That blasting produces ttyrock. Flyrock consists of rock,
stones and other solid materials that become airborne when blasting
occurs. Flyrock travels at high velocity. It can travel several hundred
feet. In one instance flyrock traveled 1,500 feet from the area of the
blast. In other instances, flyrock has penetrated a building roof,
severed a tree limb and depressed a roadway surface.
12. John Sullivan, among other individuals, lives within 1,000 feet
of the Premises. By permitting Applicant to mind the Northern and
Western Expansion Areas, mining and potentially blasting will occur
in even closer proximity to those residents' properties. Such blasting
has caused structural damage to at least five homes in the
neighborhood of the [Pennsy Supply] Premises.
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13. Mr. Sullivan lives along Sample Bridge Road. Even with the
required 200 foot setback, John Sullivan's property is substantially
affected by Applicant's mining operations. Blasting shakes his brick
home. Walls become cracked. The mortar between the bricks
become dislodged. The intensity of a blast's shockwaves that vibrate
a residence increases as the distance between the blast and the
residence decreases. The adverse affects of blasting on Mr.
Sullivan's home and other properties will be exacerbated if the
Applicant is permitted to mine the Northen and Western Expansion
Q~aarry called as an expert witness who testified:
(1)
in relationship to 'haeed" -- "without the variance we cannot mine the
mineral underlying the land". (N.T. 12)
(2) blasting will result in occasional flyrock notwi~tanding efforts taken by the
Quarry to reduce or eliminate flyrock.
Supply's quarry does produce flyrock.
Other residents testified at the hearing:
(1)
(2)
(N.T. 26, 31, 55) and that Permsy
(N.T. 26).
(3)
a recent flyrock incident threw a piece of flyrock 700 feet ultimately crashing
through the roof of the Township's sewage treatment plant. (N.T. 53).
a piece of flyrock was presented by a resident approximately 9" by 5" deep
4" wide which he described a '*erg heavy" and that it had blasted up out of
the quarry landing on his rear yard of his home on Sample Bridge Road
across from the quarry. (N.T. 44, 47).
another resident showed pictures of a two inch limb severed from a tree
located along Sample Bridge Road and a large depression in Sample Bridge
Road caused when an errant flyrock landed on Sample Bridge Road. (N.T.
53).
8. Quarry's expert testified that he witnessed fiyroek traveling 1,500 feet (N.T. 26).
9. John Sullivan, one of the Movants testified that he lives in an old brick house whose
stone foundation sits on the Chambersburg limestone f0,~ati°n. The same limestone formation that
is presently being r~ined by Quarry, with the result that shock waves from the blasting are shaking
loose the mortar between lintels over doors and windows and the surrounding brick and causing
crocks in interior walls. (N.T. 57, 65, 66, 67).
10. In prior litigation involving Pennsy Supply Inc., the Township of Silver Spring and
surrounding residents Q, arry entered into an agreement creating a 600 feet buffer zone. (N.T. '63,
Sullivan Exhibit No. 7). This document is a Stipulation for Consent Decree entered to No. 66 Equity
1979 executed in March, 1990 -- Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas.
11. A study prepared by an independent structural engineer at the request of Silver SPring
Township concluded that homes along Sample Bridge Road in the quarry area were damaged by
Quarry's blasting shock waves. (N.T. 68, Sullivan Exhibit No. 8).
12. Quarry's expert testified the closer a residence is to a qnarry blast site, the more
intense the shock waves from the blast. (N.T. 27, 28, 34, 35).
13. Qnarry's expert testified the reduction of the buffer zone from 200 feet to 100 feet
reduces the margin of safety for persons beyond the q~arry perimeter. (N.T. 35).
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14. Movants' home is presently being damaged by Quarry's blasting shock waves. To
reduce the buffer/safety zone ~om 200 feet to 100 feet will exacerbate the serious problem of home
damage and increase Movants' exposure to injury from errant flyrock.
15. Movants actively participated in the hearing before the ZHB/Silver Spring, John
Sullivan appearing as a witness and introducing exhibits. A copy of the index to the transcript of
the hearing is marked Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
16. Movants believe that they would be adversely affected if the adjudication of the
ZHB/Silver Spring would be reversed, as the reduction of the margin of safety buffer zone would
increase kllown ba?ards to them and others in the neighborhood and would exacerbate the problem
of damage to their home caused by shock waves emanating from Q~arry's blasting.
17. The testimony of Quarry's expert to the effect that even without the granting of the
variances Q~mrry can continue its qnawying activities for 30 to 40 years (N.T. 25) and Q~arry's
failure to prove any unique physical circumstance creating an unnecessary hardship legally requires
the denial of the variances requested by Q~_~_arry.
18. Q~arry failed to meet the statutory burden imposed upon applicants for variances as
set forth in Section 910.2(a) of the Municipal Planning Code ("MPC"), 53 P.S. 2110910.2(a) which
required Q~arry to prove all of the following:
(1) unique physical circumstances giving rise to unnecessary hardship is due to
such circumstances and not provisions of the zo~ing ordinance.
(2) .due to the unique physic, al circumstances'there is no possibility the property
can be developed in strict conformity with the zoning ordinance.
(3) the unnecessary hardship was not created by Quarry.
(4) that the variances, if granted, will not be "detrimental to the public welfare."
19. Setback requirements of the Silver' Spring Zoning Ordinance are valid exercises of
its power under the MPC and the creation of the buffer/safety of 200 feet surrounding all qnarries
in Silver Spring Township and represents a mandated use of land for the health, safety and general
welfare 0fthe Township.
20. An application for a variance in the setback required around the perimeter of a quarry
is an application for a change in use and is not a request for a dimensional variance.
21. Clear and convincing evidence of the inherent hazard created by blasting by Penn~
Supply Inc. and the history of errant flyrock and resultant damage to surrounding stractures and
public highway legally require the denial of variances which would bring the known baTard 100 feet
closer to surrounding residents and the public using adjacent roadways.
WHEREFORE, the Movants, John C. and Helen E. Sullivan, move that this Honorable Court
affirm the Order of the Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board denying Pennsy Supply Inc.'s
Application for Variance.
NAUMAN, SMITH, SHISSLER & HALL, LLP
Dennis E. Boyle, sq~u~e
Supreme Court I.D. No. 49618
200 N. 34 Street, 18t~ Floor
P. O. Box 840
Harrisburg PA 17108-0840
Telephone: (717) 236-3010
Facsimile: (717) 234-1925
Attorneys for Movants, John C. and
Helen E. Sullivan
I, JOHN C. SULLIVAN, the undersigned do hereby state that the statements set forth in the
foregoing Motion to Affn-m Adjudication and Deny Appeal of Pennsy Supply Inc. are tree and
correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I understand that false statements
herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S.A. §4904 relating to unswom falsification to
authorities.
Date:
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FOR APPLICANT
George Akens
By Mr. Zaleski
By Mr. Boyle
FOR MR. SULLIVAN
John Sullivan
By Mr. Boyle
By Mr. Zaleski
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FREEDMAN EXHIBIT NO.
1 - Written statement
SULLIVAN EXHIBIT NO.
1 - Area photos
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3 - Photo
4 - Photo
5 - Photo
6 - Photo
7 - Stipulation
8 - Report
'EXHIBITS
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ALL EXHIBITS WERE RETAINED BY MR. WEINGARTEN, SOLICITOR
FOR THE ZONING HEARING BOARD.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date listed beIow I served a copy of the foregoing Motion to
Af~m Adjudication and Deny Appeal, by United States First Class Mail addressed to the party(ies)
or attorney(s) of record at the address(s) listed below:
Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
Reager & Adler, P.C.
2331 Market Street
Camp Hill PA 17011
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
James, Smith, Dnrkin & Connelly, LLP
P. O. Box 650
Hershey PA 17033-0650
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
McNees, Wallace & Nudck
100 Pine Street
P. O. Box 1166
Harrisburg PA 17108-1166
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
Counsel For: John C. & Helen E. Sullivan
Dated: May 13, 2002
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a tree and correct copy of the foregoing
document was served on the following individuals via United States First Class Mail, postage
prepaid as follows:
Dennis Boyle, Esq.
200 North Third Street
P.O. Box 840
Harrisburg, PA 17108-0840
Steven J. Weingarten, Esq.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick
100 Pine Street
P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
Steven A. Stine, Esq.
James, Smith, Durkin & Cormelly, LLP
P.O. Box 650
Hershey, PA 17033-0650
Dated:
REAGER & ADI.ER, PC
Charles E. Zaleski, Esq.
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
APPELLANT
· IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
· CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP ZONING ·
HEARING BOARD,
APPELLEE
TOWNSHIP OF SILVER SPRING,
INTERVENOR
JOHN C· AND HELEN E. SULLIVAN,
INTERVENOR
01-4957 CIVIL TERM
AND NOW, this ~day
a Rule to show cause, IS DENIED?
ORDER OF COURT
of June, 2002, the motion to strike seeking
By th~30urt,
Edgar B. Bayley, J.
' John C. Sullivan and Helen E. Sullivan are intervenors. They seek an order
affirming an order of the Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board. Their
argument will be heard at the same time the appeal of Pennsy Supply, Inc. is
heard.
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Charles E. Zaleski, Esquire
For Appellant
Steven A. Stine, Esquire
For Intervenor, Township of Silver Spring
Dennis E. Boyle, Esquire
For John C. and Helen E. Sullivan
Steven J. Weingarten, Esquire
For Silver Spring Township Zoning Hearing Board
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