Luciany v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Me. Justice Cohen,

We have for review an order of the Court of Common Pleas No. 1 of Philadelphia County, which affirmed the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia in its refusal to grant a variance.

The property in question, a three-story building, is located on a narrow residential street in a D-l residential district in Philadelphia.1 From 1928 to 1944 it was used by a furniture moving company as a garage and as a storage place for barrels, boxes and other packing containers. The appellant took occupancy of the property in 1944, and has used it since that time,…