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Zoning Bulletin June 25, 2012 1 Volume 6 I No. 12 <br />failed to allege that the City's treatment of her was the result of <br />intentional discrimination; or that she was similarly situated to other <br />business owners to whom she broadly referred. <br />Uses - Mining— Township <br />Zoning Ordinance Allows "Oil <br />and Gas Production" as <br />Permitted Principal Use <br />However, Township contends that <br />natural gas compression station <br />adjacent to wellhead is not a permitted <br />use <br />Citation: In re Township of Bradford, Tp. Zoning Hearing <br />Board, 2012 WL 1622495 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2012) <br />PENNSYLVANIA (05/09/12) —This case addressed the issue <br />of whether a compression station adjacent to a natural gas <br />wellhead was a "permitted use" under a, municipal zoning <br />ordinance that allows "oil and gas production" as a permitted <br />use. <br />The Background /Facts: New Century Pipeline ( "New Cen- <br />tury") operated a gas pumping operation in a "Forest /Slope Resi- <br />dence District" (the "Forest District ") in Bradford Township, <br />Pennsylvania (the "Township "). Adjacent to New Century's <br />pump was a small compressor and stripper station, which puri- <br />fied the natural gas before placing it in a pipeline for movement <br />from the site. <br />In August 2009, the Township's Zoning Officer (the "ZO ") is- <br />sued an enforcement notice to New Century. The notice charged <br />New Century with a violation of the Township's Zoning <br />Ordinance. Specifically, the ZO contended that the compressor <br />station was not a permitted use in the Forest District. <br />The relevant provision of the Zoning Ordinance permitted as a <br />principal use: "oil and gas production, including equipment nec- <br />© 2012 Thomson Reuters 9 <br />