Reimer v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Allegheny County Common Pleas Court reversed a Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment denial of an occupancy permit to Wallace Reimer. The City of Pittsburgh appeals. We vacate and remand.

Reimer, the owner of a three-unit multiple family dwelling located within an B-2 (two-family residential) zoning district, was cited in 1981 for failure to have an occupancy permit. He then applied for a three-family use permit which was denied. On appeal, the common pleas court, concluding that Reimer’s right to a three-family use had vested, reversed without…