Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Philadelphia

OPINION BY

Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

Appellants Arsenal Business Center and Eller Media Company appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that reversed the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia (Board) granting a variance to Appellants to erect two new freestanding double-faced outdoor advertising signs on Arsenal’s property. Appellants contend that the trial court erred in concluding that the record did not contain substantial evidence to support the Board’s decision that denying the variance would result in unnecessary hardship to…