Jones v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

On July 31, 1962, the president of Ivy Nursing Home, Inc. entered into an agreement for the purchase of certain property for use as a nursing home. On November 10, 1962, an application was filed with the zoning administrator of the Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, requesting an occupancy permit for a nursing home. The administrator denied the application because of insufficient side yard footage. On December 2, 1962, an appeal from the decision of the adminis*418trator was filed before the board of adjustment, which after hearing, granted a variance to the…