Grace Building Co. v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Grace Building Co., Inc. (appellant) appeals here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County which affirmed a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of the City of Allentown (Board). The Board denied the appellant a permit to continue the nonconforming use of its property as a social club on the basis that this use had been abandoned.

The property concerned is a building which was used as a social club for nearly 50 years, from 1923 to 1972, by the Knights of St. George Home Association Inc. (Knights). It contains a social room, bar facilities, a…