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Zoning Bulletin July 10, 2018 l Volume 12 I Issue 13 <br />efit of furthering the expressed goals of [the] Township's R-A district." <br />In fact, the proposed use was "a purely industrial use of the type the <br />[Township's Zoning] Ordinance expressly discourages in the R-A <br />district," said the court. <br />For those reasons, the court concluded that there was insufficient evi- <br />dence to support the Board's conclusion that Inflection satisfied its <br />burden of proving that its proposed use was similar to a permitted use in <br />an R-A district, and thus insufficient evidence to support the Board's <br />decision to grant Inflection the conditional use permit for its proposed <br />gas wells use. <br />See also: MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC v. Cecil <br />Tp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 102 A.3d 549, 184 O.G.R. 118 (Pa. Commw. <br />Ct. 2014). <br />Case Note: <br />In its decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania emphasized that its deci- <br />sion "should not be misconstrued as an indication that oil and gas develop- <br />ment is never permitted in residential/agricultural districts, or that it is <br />fundamentally incompatible with residential or agricultural uses." The court <br />noted that "the protection of environmental values" is a "quintessential local <br />issue that must be tailored to local conditions," and that to that end, municipal <br />zoning ordinances could be amended to permit oil and gas development in any <br />or all of its zoning districts, in designated areas, "setting forth whatever limi- <br />tations and conditions it decides are appropriate for the protection of its <br />citizenry." However, the court warned, municipalities may not "permit oil and <br />gas development in residential/agricultural districts without first enacting the <br />necessary amendments...... <br />Proceedings Residents file <br />petition for writ of certiorari, <br />seeking review of city's zoning <br />board of adjustment decision <br />City says petition was untimely, and parties <br />dispute when the statutory time period for filing <br />the petition began to run <br />Citation: Burroughs v. City of Davenport Zoning Board of Adjust- <br />ment, 2018 WL 2372570 (Iowa 2018) <br />0 2018 Thomson Reuters <br />