Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight (SCRUB) and Mary Cawley Tracy appeal from the December 11, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which affirmed the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia (Board) to grant a use variance for the erection of a non-accessory outdoor advertising sign. We reverse.

On May 14, 2002, 2900 Ellsworth Associates (Ellsworth) and Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. (Clear Channel) applied for a permit to erect one free-standing, double-faced, illuminated, non-accessory sign on…