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The township’s zoning board of appeals nixed the sale last summer due to traffic and other concerns, and the Minniears filed an administrative appeal in the common pleas court. In December, Lane nullified the Minniears’ appeal because it was filed under a corporate name by Minniear, and he is not an attorney and couldn’t legally file the appeal.
“The court finds that the notice of appeal in this matter is a nullity and strikes it from the record,” Lane wrote.
The 12th District in a unanimous decision said it has no jurisdiction over the case.
“As there are outstanding issues in this action, the court concludes that the order is not a final appealable order, and that the court is without jurisdiction to consider this appeal,” Judge Robert Ringland wrote.
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