Smith v. Zoning Hearing Board

SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.

Suburban General Hospital (SGH) appeals two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County reversing a decision of the Zoning Hearing Board (ZHB) of the Borough of Bellevue which granted SGH permission to construct parking lots. We affirm.

When it was constructed, SGH was a permitted use in a district defined as Residential-Second by the zoning ordinance of the Borough of Bellevue (the Borough). The Borough amended its zoning ordinance in 1984 and deleted “institutions” (which includes hospitals) from the permitted uses in the district. SGH thereafter was a…