Lebovitz v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

The City of Pittsburgh (City) has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that granted to Joseph and Fay Lebovitz (Lebovitzes) the right to use a certain residential structure as a four-unit, multiple-family dwelling. By its order, the trial court reversed a decision of the City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) denying the Lebovitzes an occupancy permit for such use.

The property here in question is a two and one-half story dwelling situated at 5849 Bartlett Street, in the City’s 14th Ward. The zoning district in which the…