SCHUBACH Et Ux. v. Zoning Bd. of Adj.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Pine Hill Home, Inc., owns a two-acre lot in northeast Philadelphia and would like to build thereon a nursing home for physically and mentally retarded persons. Until April of 1968, the lot was zoned R-4 Residential. All the land contiguous to the premises in question is classified R-4 under the Philadelphia Zoning Code, and the land across the street is rated R-3. A nursing home may be erected in an R-4 area, provided that the Zoning Board of Adjustment issues a special certificate therefor. The Philadelphia Code, Zoning and Planning §§14-203(2) (f) and (h).

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