What happened
The court opinion identifies Evergreen Farms’ proposal at 174 Memorial Boulevard/PA Route 611 in Coolbaugh Township and the local Zoning Hearing Board’s special-exception denial S1. It affirmed because the applicant did not establish that the operation fit the permitted warehouse category rather than distribution-center or truck-terminal uses under the C-3 ordinance S1. The ruling is about this application and evidentiary record, not a universal warehouse ban S1.
Decision on recordPennsylvania Commonwealth Court affirmed a zoning denial for a proposed 426,000-square-foot facility at 174 Memorial Boulevard. S1
Who acted in the record
How RealClear would approach this site
Historical reconstruction: RealClear was not involved in this proceeding. This illustrates a one-property review of public records; it does not predict votes or private motives.
Does this operation satisfy the ordinance’s warehouse category?
- Record to read
- Operating description, truck flow evidence and C-3 use definitions
- Constraint to test
- The record described distribution/truck-terminal attributes outside the claimed use.
- Next action
- Reconcile tenant operations with use definitions before filing a revised application.
The boundary of the finding
- Opinion establishes the legal result as of May 1, 2025, not any later reapplication or site use.
- Do not paraphrase the board as conclusively finding a truck terminal; the applicant failed to prove the claimed category.
Latest cited status: Denial affirmed May 1, 2025; later application status not verified.