Kopelman v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Appellants, as objectors in this zoning case, appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, which reversed the Zoning Hearing Board of the City of New Kensington (board) and ordered the issuance of a zoning certificate to appellee James E. Kopelman as requested in his application for a special exception under the New Kensington zoning ordinance.

*308Kopelman sought to construct two restaurants on a parcel of about two acres1 in an area zoned “R-4 Transitional Residential District”; under the ordinance “Eating Places” are allowed in R-4 districts under stated…