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Zoning Bulletin <br />February 10, 2014 Volume 8 1 Issue 3 <br />ther appeal to the Commonwealth Court, such authorization only existed <br />where the objector was the party who originally appealed to the common <br />pleas court. Here, since PPM was the appellant in the trial court, the court <br />concluded that § 1003-A(d) simply did not apply. <br />Accordingly, the court concluded that the Commonwealth's order to <br />quash Bozek's appeal must be reversed, and the case remanded. <br />See also: Takacs v. Indian Lake Borough, Zoning Hearing Board, 18 <br />A.3d 354 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2011). <br />See also: Rickert v. Latimore Twp., 960 A.2d 912 (Pa. Commw. Ct. <br />2008). <br />Case Note: <br />In its decision, the court noted that it had never analyzed whether § 1003-A(d) <br />authorizes a land developer to petition the trial court for a bond in connection <br />with an objector's appeal to the Commonwealth Court (as opposed to an appeal <br />to the trial court). In this case, the court did acknowledge that there was "one <br />aspect of 1003-A(d)J that [could] reasonably be viewed as referencing a bond <br />connected with an appeal to the Commonwealth Court. " Subsection (d) states that <br />"RI he right to petition the court to order the appellants to post bond inay be <br />waived by the appellee, but such waiver may be revoked by him if an appeal is <br />taken from a final decision of the court." The court said that, even if one assumes <br />that language affirmatively authorizes the trial court to require a bond relative to <br />an appeal to the Commonwealth Court, it is couched in terms of an appellee's re- <br />vocation of a prior waiver, and hence can only pertain where the same party is the <br />appellee before both courts. <br />Case Note: <br />The court left for another day the question of whether an appeal bond is available <br />where the developer was the appellee before the trial court and did not Waive its <br />right to ask for a bond pursuant to § 1003-A(d) in that forum. <br />Zoning News from Around the <br />Nation <br />ALASKA <br />An Alaska citizens' group, Campaign to Regulate Marijuana, is seeking <br />to legalize recreational marijuana. Its proposed initiative would legalize <br />the growing, buying, and consumption of marijuana for adults ages 21 or <br />older. The citizens' group recently submitted more than 45,000 signatures <br />2014 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />