Sylvester v. Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

This appeal challenges the validity of the affirmance by the County Court of Allegheny County of the decision of the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment (herein called Board) which denied variances to Sylvesters, the appellants, in connection with the use of property owned by them in the “Grafton Heights” area of Pittsburgh.

In 1949 Sylvesters paid $12,000 to the Pittsburgh School District for a two and one-half story, 45' x 90', abandoned school building located on a 2 acre tract of land. Under the then effective zoning ordinance,1 this *218school…