Court Opinion

ID: 4014604
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Date Created: 2016-07-11 17:12:28.931745+00
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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Fromage Taxi, LLC                      :
                                       :
              v.                       : No. 2034 C.D. 2015
                                       : Submitted: June 17, 2016
Philadelphia Parking Authority,        :
                   Appellant           :

BEFORE:       HONORABLE MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, President Judge
              HONORABLE PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge
              HONORABLE DAN PELLEGRINI, Senior Judge

OPINION NOT REPORTED

MEMORANDUM OPINION BY
SENIOR JUDGE PELLEGRINI                               FILED: July 11, 2016

              The Philadelphia Parking Authority (Authority) appeals from an order
of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County reversing the Philadelphia
Parking Authority Taxicab and Limousine Division’s (Hearing Officer’s) order
granting the Authority’s motion to amend owner citation T-16361 against Fromage
Taxi, LLC to include a violation of 52 Pa. Code §1017.24 because the Hearing
Officer did not have jurisdiction and authority to amend a citation after the citation
was issued.

              While this case involves a different citation and different owner, the
underlying facts are the same and the issues are identical to those we resolved in
Yellow 2000 of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Parking Authority (Pa. Cmwlth., No.
2036 C.D. 2015, filed July 11, 2016), where we held that the Hearing Officer did
have the authority to amend the Citation in those circumstances. For the same
reasons set forth in that opinion, we reverse.

                                        _______________________________
                                        DAN PELLEGRINI, Senior Judge

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          IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Fromage Taxi, LLC                      :
                                       :
             v.                        : No. 2034 C.D. 2015
                                       :
Philadelphia Parking Authority,        :
                   Appellant           :

                                    ORDER

             AND NOW, this 11th day of July, 2016, it is hereby ordered that the
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County’s order dated October 2, 2015, at
Case No. 01174, is reversed, and Fromage Taxi, LLC’s motion to strike portions of
the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s brief is denied.

                                       _______________________________
                                       DAN PELLEGRINI, Senior Judge