John A VanLuvanee

Practice Areas

John VanLuvanee focuses his practice in the areas of land use, zoning and real estate. He has been representing clients in zoning, subdivision and land development, and real estate transactional matters for more than 40 years. His clients include national, regional and local builders and developers. With his many years of experience, Mr. VanLuvanee is able to recommend a course of action to his clients designed to obtain their objectives without unnecessary delay. During his career, he has been involved in many significant, precedent-setting land use cases decided by the Commonwealth Court and Pennsylvania Supreme Court. During the land development process, he works closely with his clients and their land planners, engineers, and environmental consultants to obtain plan approvals and land use permits. In that process, he regularly appears before planning commissions, governing bodies of municipalities and zoning hearing boards. He has also represented clients before the Environmental Hearing Board and administrative agencies. Mr. VanLuvanee also represents clients in the acquisition and sale of real estate, including financing. He has also prepared and filed many requests for amendments to zoning ordinances, substantive challenges to the validity of zoning ordinances, and procedural challenges to the validity of zoning ordinances.