Palletz Appeal

Alessandroni, J.,

Lionel Palletz, the beneficial owner of a piece of ground with the minor improvements thereon, situate at the southeast corner of Broad and Butler Streets, in the City of Philadelphia, filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the zoning board of adjustment upon its refusal to grant a use permit for a gasoline service station, alleging that the premises is zoned “B” Commercial and is presently being used as a parking lot; that for sometime prior to 1931 the property was used as a gasoline service station and that use continued until 1941 when *304the economic effects of the…