Goodman v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

OPINION

CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge.

Bruce A. Goodman (Goodman) appeals a Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court order affirming the decision of the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) which denied Goodman’s request for a variance. We affirm.

Goodman’s property consists of two adjoining lots, one of which is vacant. Testimony at the Board hearing disclosed that an abandoned structure on the other lot is subject to repeated vandalism. The area is currently zoned R-2 residential.

Goodman filed an application to demolish the existing building and erect a one-story structure containing…