Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Philadelphia

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight (SCRUB), Mary Cawley Tracy (Tracy) 1 and Judith Eden (Eden) 2 (collectively, Protestors) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) quashing their appeal from the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia’s (Board) decision granting a variance to Joseph G. Procacci and Procacci Brothers Sales Corporation (collectively, Landowner) for the erection of outdoor signs because Protestors lacked standing to challenge the Board’s decision.

Landowner owns eight parcels of property covering…