Pittsburgh v. Oakhouse Associates

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Before 1969, the building site in this case, located at 5326 Pocusset Street, Pittsburgh, was zoned S, Special District, a classification governing hillside-type development. A portion of the same premises, between *351the building site and the street, was zoned R-2 Two-Family Dwelling District, as it is now. At that time the site was owned by four tenants-in-common, Messrs. Kerschbaumer, Starr, Kilbaney, and Schroeder (hereinafter the prior developer group).

This prior developer group applied to Pittsburgh City Council in 1969 to change the S classification of the building…