Berger v. Borough of Bethel Park

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

In December, 1972, appellant acquired all of the personal property of a business, a figure improvement salon, in the Borough of Bethel Park. The prior business had been granted a certificate of occupancy for such a salon in December, 1970. In February, 1973, appellant became the lessee of the premises occupied by the prior business and began operating what he calls a “health club” and what the Borough calls a “massage parlor.” The Borough, in May, 1973, sought an injunction against appellant alleging that appellant’s operation of a business without a building permit…