HUMPHREYS v. Stuart Realty Corp.

Opinion by

-Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The question here is in regard to the extent of the permissible enlargement of a non-conforming use under a zoning ordinance.

Under authority of the Act of May 6, 1929, P. L. 1551, the City of Philadelphia enacted an ordinance of August 10, 1933 which provided that no building should be erected or altered with respect to height and area for any use in any district unless and until a zoning permit had been obtained from the Bureau of Engineering, Surveys and Zoning; the word “building” was defined as including “structure”. There was a provision for the…