City of Pittsburgh v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This is the appeal of Dom Zullo and Irene Dale, owners of a building in Pittsburgh, from an order of the Commonwealth Court which reversed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. The latter order dismissed the City of Pittsburgh’s (hereinafter City) appeal and affirmed the grant of a variance which would have allowed the appellants to use their building as a fifteen-unit apartment house. The facts of the case and the events which led it here are set forth below.

In 1979, appellants acquired the property at issue, 5838 Alderson Street. 1 The building…