Lyons Dougherty, LLC
Practice Areas
Zoning and Land Use
Our location in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, one of the country’s most affluent and rapidly burgeoning areas, has given our firm the ideal vantage point to witness and be involved in the growth of southeastern Pennsylvania. A considerable area of our practice has been devoted to dealing with Land Use and Zoning Law; from local Boards all the way to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
The attorneys at Lyons Dougherty guide their clients through the bureaucratic and often confusing zoning, subdivision, and land development process. We work with owners and developers to address applications and issues with local municipalities, state agencies, and other regulatory bodies in order to obtain the permits and approvals that our clients may require to make their project successful.
Lyons Dougherty, LLC offers a team approach to providing reputable legal representation for all Zoning and Land Use matters, and our experience in this area has brought us numerous significant clients to date.
An example of some of our representations include:
- Obtained all necessary land development approvals for the expansion of an automobile dealership in Delaware County.
- Represented a home builder in the development of a 36 lot residential subdivision in Delaware County.
- Obtained subdivision and land development approvals for a 20 lot residential subdivision in Chester County.
- Successfully represented a commercial developer before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Southco, Inc. v. Concord Township, 552 Pa. 66, 713 A2d 607 (1998).
- Property owners seeking variances, special exceptions, and conditional uses before various municipal boards.
Lyons Dougherty, LLC is affiliated with Chadds Ford Abstract, Inc. For more information on their title services, visit them online at www.chaddsfordabstract.com.