Zimmerman v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

Appellants appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court, 156 Pa.Cmwlth. 618, 628 A.2d 1182 affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, which denied Appellant’s appeal of an Order of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia (Zoning Board) granting a variance to Appellee Thackeray Estate Associates (Thackeray). For the reasons discussed below, we find that the Commonwealth Court erred in finding that Thackeray was entitled to a variance and reverse.

Thackeray is a real estate developer which owns a 2.76 acre lot…