Cohen v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Sanford, Alvin, and Irwin Cohen (appellants) appeal here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which affirmed the denial of a zoning permit by the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Pittsburgh (Board).

The appellants own three properties in an area zoned as R-2 which denotes a two-family-residence district. Previously, from 1923 until 1958, the area in question was zoned so as to permit one- and two-family units. The appellants acquired the properties in 1970 and applied in 1976 to the zoning administrator for zoning and occupancy permits…