Allegheny West Civic Council, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Pittsburgh

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

The Allegheny West Civic Council, Inc.1 and John DeSantis (collectively, Objectors) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that affirmed a decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Pittsburgh. Specifically, the Zoning Board held that the North Side Commercial Parking Area Overlay District did not prohibit a plan by Griffin Family Limited Partnership and All Stop Parking, LLC (collectively, Landowners) to use an existing parking lot for special events parking. Accordingly, Landowners did not need a variance to…