Sweeney v. Zoning Hearing Board

CRAIG, Judge.

Philadelphia Properties, Inc. (Properties) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, sitting en banc, reversing a decision by the Zoning Hearing Board of Lower Merion Township, which, in part, granted Properties a variance to extend automobile parking into an area zoned R-2 Residence District.

Properties is the owner of land bisected by a zoning district boundary, so part of the land is in the R-7 Multifamily Residence District and part is in the R-2 Single-family Residence District.

In the late 1920’s or early 1930’s, two apartment complexes…