West Mifflin v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

These are statutory zoning appeals. We adopt the following general narration of those facts not in dispute :

“Prior to 1949, the Borough of West Mifflin did not have the benefit of a Zoning Ordinance. A 12-acre section of the Borough known locally as the McGowan Plan was then in existence. That section might be described as an older, built-up residential neighborhood, the residences constructed on 40-foot lots in the recorded McGowan Plan. Lots Nos. 37 and 38, fronting on McGowan Avenue, a 40-foot street, were each 40 feet wide and extended back 120 feet to an unopened…