Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Allegheny County Common Pleas Court affirmed a Monroeville Zoning Hearing Board (Board) order directing Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising,. Inc. (Pittsburgh), to remove a billboard. Pittsburgh appeals. We vacate and remand.

Pittsburgh purchased a thirty-two-acre tract in 1968.1 The sign in question had been on the property since at least 1960.2 After Pittsburgh applied for a use variance to construct an additional sign on the property,3 the zoning officer ordered Pittsburgh to *397remove the existing sign, as a non-conforming nse, it violated the 1971…