Based on that determination the Court held that the Zoning Ordinance was invalid for failing to permit this legitimate business use. The Court found that a bed and breakfast did not fall under the “rooming house” or “hotel, motel or inn” definitions and was not otherwise permitted in the Township. The Township Zoning Hearing Board denied the challenge finding that the bed and breakfast was permitted in other areas of the Township as a “rooming house” or a “hotel, motel, or inn”. In Thomason the owners of a three-story 100 + year old Victorian, eight bedroom, five and one-half bathroom home set on one acre filed a substantive validity challenge claiming that the Radnor Township Zoning Ordinance impermissibly excluded bed and breakfasts.

As a result site-specific relief was granted to allow the bed and breakfast in the residential zoning district in which it was proposed. Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of Radnor, 26 A.3d 562 (Pa. The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court declared the Radnor Township Zoning Ordinance invalid because it excluded bed and breakfasts within the Township. News & Resources Radnor Township Zoning Hearing Board Decision Reversed in Court to Allow Bed & Breakfast in Residential Zone

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