Poulos v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

In this zoning appeal protesting property owners seek reversal of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County directing the issuance of a zoning “certificate” to Pennsylvania Hospital (Hospital) for certain new construction. The court below heard the case when the protestants appealed *57to that court from a decision of the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) granting the Hospital a variance.

This case arose from the plan of the Hospital to erect, in the area of 7th and Spruce Streets, a 250 car parking garage and a medical office…