Putkowski v. CITY OF SCRANTON

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Wallace Putkowski (applicant) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County affirming an adjudication of the City of Scranton Zoning Board of Appeals (board) which treated applicant’s request for a certificate of nonconforming use as an application to expand or change an existing nonconforming use and denied the request.

The applicant operates a junkyard on property located in a C-l Community Commercial District, under the City of Scranton Zoning Ordinance enacted in 1965. Although junkyards are not permitted uses in the C-l district, the board…