Benedict | Bardsley Benedict & Cholden
MEDIA – An Aston-based contractor denies that its materials-crushing operations are creating both a private and public nuisance for a group of local neighbors, in addition to violating a local township ordinance for noise and air quality.
Ryan and Maura Steele, Anthony and Nicole Skwirut and Paul and Maryann Luczeczko collectively first filed suit in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 15 versus Joseph F. Mariani Contractors, Inc. All parties are of Aston.
“The defendant operates a business at the defendant’s property that performs site work contracting and excavation. On or about 2015-2016, the defendant purchased rock crushing machinery and began accepting and crushing concrete, blacktop, cinderblock brick and masonry materials on the defendant’s property several days per week, year-round. As part of the crushing operations, the defendant uses large heavy machinery to crush the various mater