Halberstadt v. Borough of Nazareth

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

Raymond Orwig appeals a Commonwealth Court Order that reversed the trial court’s affirmance of the Nazareth Zoning Board’s decision to grant him variances to a zoning ordinance. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

Raymond Orwig owns property located in the general commercial zoning district in the Borough of Nazareth. The property contains a massive, one-story building and parking spaces. The building was erected in 1914 before the enactment of the Borough’s zoning ordinance. It is made of brick .and concrete and has been described as fortress-like. When Mr. Orwig…