Manayunk Neighborhood Council v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

Dranoff Properties, Inc. (Applicant) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) reversing the order of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia (Board), which granted Applicant’s requests for variances to construct a multifamily residential apartment complex. We reverse.

Applicant owns two lots on Venice Island (Subject Property A and B, collectively Subject Properties), a 1.7-mile man-made island located between the Ma- nayunk Canal and the Schuylkill River. Venice Island lies within the 100-year floodplain.of…