Legal Opinion

Larsen v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 21, 1996No. 28 W.D. Appeal Docket 1995PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*419 OPINION

CASTILLE, Justice.

Appellants raise two related issues in this appeal. First, appellants contend that the Commonwealth Court exceeded its scope of review in reversing the trial court’s grant of appel-lees’ variance request which would have allowed them to build a 400 square foot deck in the rear of their residence to provide a play area for their child. Second, appellants contend that the zoning board did not commit a manifest abuse of discretion or an error of law which would merit the Commonwealth Court’s reversal of the trial court’s affirmance of the variance grant. For the reasons…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Richman v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Walter v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. Kline Zoning CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  5. Ignelzi v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Hertzberg v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Allegheny West Civic Council, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Nettleton v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Domeisen v. ZONING HEARING BD., O'HARA TP.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. KRUMMENACHER v. City of MinnetonkaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010

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