Leonard v. Zoning Hearing Board

BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

Before us for disposition is the appeal taken by Wayde Leonard from the order of the Lehigh County Common Pleas Court (trial court) which dismissed Leonard’s appeal and upheld the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of the City of Bethlehem (Board). 1 The Board granted a dimensional variance for substandard lot sizes to Donald and Patricia Baker, Leonard’s neighbors and intervenors herein, on the basis of de minimis deviation. The dimensional variance allows the Bakers to subdivide their now conforming 15,000 square foot property into two non-conforming, undersized…