In re Appeal of Hoffman

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Before us is a zoning appeal brought by property owners (appellants) whose land borders a vacant lot, owned by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church (Church).1 The Church proposes to use the lot to provide additional off-street parking for parishioners attending Sunday morning masses.

*9The Church complex is located in an R-2 residential zone, and consists of several lots which are either contiguous or separated from each other only by public streets: a parochial school with an attached auditorium and a parking lot which face East Ashland Street and are separated…