Knake v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

The Borough of Dormont (Borough) has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which reversed a decision of the Borough’s Zoning Hearing Board (Board) and ordered that a five-unit occupancy permit be issued to Walter P. Knake (Appellee) for a building he owns in the Borough. We affirm.

The record and facts as found by the court of common pleas1 establish that Appellee purchased the subject three-story building in 1937. At the time of purchase. the structure was divided into four units and in 1948 a fifth unit was added. The building was…