Fromage Taxi, LLC v. PPA

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 2 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