Melwood Corp. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

The City of Pittsburgh (City) appeals from an order of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas which sustained the appeal of a decision of the City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) by Melwood Corporation (Melwood) and granted a special exception. We reverse the order of the Common Pleas Court.

Before we reach the merits of this case, we must address a preliminary issue involving our scope of review in this case.

Melwood’s attorney asked the Board at its hearing to grant Melwood a special exception on the basis of natu ral expansion of a nonconforming use. The…