Local Rules of Court

RULE 1. Title and Citation of Rules These rules shall be known as the Lancaster County Rules of Civil Procedure and may be cited as “L.C.R.C.P. No. ”.

RULE 10. Business Judge A.

The District Court Administrator shall designate the daily Business Judge. Motions and petitions, not already assigned to a judge or dealing with matters otherwise covered by these Rules for presentation to the Court, shall be forwarded to the Business Judge by the Prothonotary or may be presented by counsel directly to the Business Judge by appointment.

Revised 1-18-17

Effective 3-20-17

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS RULE 27. Land Use Appeals A. Appeal Notice

A land use appeal shall contain: 1. Name of Appellant v. NO. CI-__________________

A caption in substantially the following form:

Name of municipality and name of body (i.e. zoning hearing board, governing body or or planning commission) which rendered decision

LAND USE APPEAL

2. When applicable, in separately numbered paragraphs and in the following order: a. Name and address of the appellant. b. Name and address of the zoning hearing board, governing body or planning commission (“local agency”) which rendered the decision. c. Name and address of the applicant to the local agency, if the applicant is not the appellant.