Center City Residents' Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

DOYLE, Judge.

This is an appeal1 by William E. Locke, Jr. from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County reversing the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia (Board) which had granted Locke a variance.

Locke is the owner of the residential property located at 1737 Addison Street in the City of Philadelphia. Locke bought the property, a duplex, in 1984, relying on a City of Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections certifi*548cate (Certificate)2 which incorrectly stated that the property was legally used as a two-family dwelling. In the…