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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Subdivision Services Corporation : : v. : : The Zoning Hearing Board of : Charlestown Township and : No. 281 C.D. 2001 Board of Supervisors of : Charlestown Township : : Appeal of: Board of Supervisors of : Charlestown Township : Submitted: August 17, 2001

BEFORE: HONORABLE JAMES GARDNER COLINS, Judge HONORABLE BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, Judge HONORABLE CHARLES P. MIRARCHI, JR., Senior Judge

OPINION BY JUDGE COLINS

FILED: October 11, 2001

The Board of Supervisors of Charlestown Township (the Township) appeals from the December 28, 2000 decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (Trial Court), reversing the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of Charlestown Township (ZHB), to deny the application filed by Subdivision Services Corporation (SSC) to place four two-sided outdoor advertising billboards upon its property. SSC is the owner of a 53-acre tract of land situate in Charlestown Township, which property is bounded on its northern side by the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Turnpike), on its southern side by Phoenixville Pike, and on its western

side by Yellow Springs Road. The subject property is located in the Limited Industrial (LI) zoning district. On or about November 3, 1999, SSC filed an application with the ZHB seeking to erect on its property, four two-sided outdoor advertising billboards, each located at least 500 feet from the other in compliance with 67 Pa. Code,

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