Legal Opinion

Yocom's. Appeal

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 7, 1940No. Appeal, 202PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Rhodes, J.,

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Appellants are owners of two vacant lots situated on the southeasterly corner of the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Craig Street, South, in the City of Pittsburgh. Under the provisions of the zoning ordinance of the city, approved August 9, 1923, and thereafter amended, this area of the city is classified as an “A” residence district, the uses permitted for such classification not including the operation of a public automobile parking lot, to which appellants wish to devote this land.

Article 5, §18, of the ordinance provides, inter alia: “(a) The lawful use of land…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Haller Baking Company's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Town of Lexington v. BeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  3. Kiddy's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. County of San Diego v. McClurkenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Rosenthal v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
  3. Mignatti AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Upper St. Clair Township Grange Zoning CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. McKemy v. Baltimore CountyCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1978

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