Jacobs v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Mandekino,

In January, 1961, Henry Jacobs, appellant, purchased a two-story house with a basement, located in Philadelphia. The house had been used as a three-family unit dwelling and Jacobs continued such use, occupying the basement as his own living quarters. In November, 1963, the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections notified Jacobs that the zoning regulations in the area in which his house was located did not permit three-family dwellings. Jacobs, because of the Department’s claim, requested from the Zoning Division of the City of Philadelphia permission to…