Marshall Chevrolet, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Marshall Chevrolet, Inc., objector, appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks *526County which, without taking evidence, affirmed the action of the Zoning Hearing Board of the City of Beading permitting Masano Bealty to raze a small existing garage and to pave and enclose the lot on which it sat for use as a security compound for storage of new automobiles. The board granted permission on the theory that, although the subject property is and has been zoned residential since 1957 when Beading first adopted zoning, Masano was entitled to undertake its…