Legal Opinion
Crafton Borough Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 13, 1962No. Appeal, 271PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
This appeal is from an order of the County Court of Allegheny County which reversed the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) of the Borough of Crafton (Borough) which had denied a request for a variance from a zoning ordinance.
The subject real estate — a corner lot — extends 135 feet along Foster Avenue and 119.86 feet along Glenn Street in the Borough of Crafton. This property was purchased in 1958 by Robert MacLean. In 1926 the Borough, by ordinance No. 691, zoned the area in which this real estate was located as a Residential District…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Richman v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Best v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Michener AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Volpe AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Lukens v. Ridley Township Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- O'NEILL v. Zoning Bd. of Adj.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Di Santo v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Gro AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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