Lycoming County residents, township sue over 'deemed approval' law tied to proposed data center
Residents and township officials asked Commonwealth Court to strike down part of the Municipalities Planning Code that allows projects to be automatically approved when municipalities fail to act.
A non-profit environmental organization and a township in Lycoming County have asked Commonwealth Court to declare unconstitutional the part of the state Municipalities Planning Code that permits deemed approval of project plans.
Four members of the group Green Amendments for the Generations, who live near a proposed data center project, and Muncy Township and its supervisors filed the challenge Friday in Commonwealth Court against the state, Danko Holdings II and Fishlips LLC.