In Re: Appeal of E.J. White

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Appellants enclosed, largely with glass, an open porch at the front of their house, converting it into a room. In doing so, they disregarded a zoning ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh, approved August 9, 1923, enacted pursuant to the Acts of June 21, 1919, P. L. 570, the Act of May 11, 1921, P. L. 503, and the Act of May 1, 1923, P. L. 122. They began work in July shortly before the ordinance was passed, but failed to apply for a building permit said to have been required at that time by another ordinance, and had almost completed the improvement when the city authorities…