Taddeo v. Commonwealth

In Taddeo v. Commonwealth, 49 Pa. Commw. 485, 412 A.2d 212 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1980), the Court determined that the storage of equipment used in the property owner's asphalt business was neither incidental to, nor customary in, a residential area, and thus, was not an accessory use. The trial court found that the residential property was being used for commercial purposes, and those uses violated the local ordinance. The Court agreed with the trial court, and specifically stated that: The use of the equipment parked at Appellant's home and in the vacant lot adjacent to it is such an integral part of Appellant's business, which is certainly commercial in nature, as to be inseparable from that business. By parking the equipment at his residence, Appellant has transferred that part of his commercial enterprise to a residential site, something the zoning ordinance will not permit him to do. Id. at 213.