Peirce Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This appeal is from an order of the court below affirming the action of a zoning board of adjustment in sustaining the zoning officer’s refusal of a permit for the extension of a building to accommodate the normal business expansion of a nonconforming .use. The applicant brought this appeal.

In 1945 the appellant became the owner of a lot of ground in the Borough of Beaver located at the corner of Fifth and Navigation Streets. The lot fronted 41.74 feet on Fifth Street and ran back along Navigation Street, preserving a substantially even width throughout, for a…