Logan Square Neighborhood Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Appellants appeal a decision of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas which reversed the granting of a use variance by the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia (Board). We reverse the court below.

The subject premises is a corner property located within a residential zone. However, it is entirely occupied by a two-story garage-type structure within which a business consisting of tire sales, wheel alignment, brake service and balancing is conducted. Both the use and the structure are nonconforming.

Appellant Priestley made application to…