Hoopes v. Zoning Hearing Board

COLINS, Judge.

Haverford Township (Township) appeals an order of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) reversing the Zoning Hearing Board of Haverford Township’s (Board) denial of a variance to John G. Hoopes (Hoopes). We reverse.

Hoopes is the equitable owner of the subject property herein, situated at 1404 West Chester Pike, Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.1 The property is located in a district zoned R-5 Residential under the *28Haverford Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance), which permits single-family dwellings and offices of a physician, lawyer, dentist,…