Allegheny Valley Railroad v. City of Pittsburgh

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Allegheny Valley Railroad Company (Railroad) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (common pleas), denying its land use appeal. In that appeal, Railroad sought to invalidate a recently enacted ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh’s (City) Zoning Code, which created a new Specially Planned District (SP District), designated SP 8/Riverfront Landing, on a parcel where Railroad asserts it has an easement. Railroad asserted that its easement rendered the parcel ineligible for the new zoning classification. Noting that rezoning…