Calvanese v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Zoning Board of Adjustment of Philadelphia (board) and the Castor Avenue Civic Association (intervenor) seek relief from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which sustained the appeal of Carmen J. Calvanese (developer) from a decision of the board which had revoked developer ’s building permits.

Developer, in February, 1978, had bought a vacant piece of property in Philadelphia from Bell Telephone Company (Bell). The property is zoned C-2 Commercial, but surrounded by property zoned R-5 Residential. Before 1957, developer’s property also had…