Hanna v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Howard W. Hanna, III (Appellant) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which quashed his appeal from a decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of Pittsburgh (Board) as untimely filed.

The basis for Appellant’s appeal to the court below was the denial of his application for a variance1 by the Board in a decision dated December 4,1980. The decision was mailed to Appellant along with a transmittal letter which was also dated December 4, 1980. Appellant filed an appeal with the common pleas court on January 13, 1981, alleging therein…