Howell v. City of Erie Blighted Property

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Lance T. Howell appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County that affirmed the decision of the City of Erie Blighted Property, Property Maintenance and Rental License Appeals Board (Board) to deny his appeal from a notice of violation issued pursuant to the City’s Uniform Construction Code (UCC)1 *951relating to the minimum headroom clearance for a third-floor stairwell. We reverse.

Howell owns the property at issue, a 1926 two-family residential home at 3009 Glenwood Park Avenue, Erie, PA. In June 2012, he filed an application for residential rental…