Graduate Hospital v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This appeal is from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia which reversed an order of the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board). The Board had sustained an appeal filed by the instant appellants, S. David Fineman and other neighborhood residents, against an administrative decision of the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections to issue a permit for animal housing, research laboratories and offices in a building at 415 South 19th Street in Center City Philadelphia.

The building in question was originally owned by The University of…