Appeal of Nardozza From Decision of Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The City of Altoona appeals an order of the Blair County Common Pleas Court which reversed the City’s Zoning Hearing Board’s denial of the application by Daniel A. Nardozza for a variance. He wanted to erect a restaurant and illuminated plastic sigh on a vacant lot located in a Residential Single Family “B ’ ’ District.

The proposal fails to conform to the use and yard area requirements of the City’s zoning ordinance. The tract is unimproved and roughly triangular in shape and contains a steep, wooded hillside. The Board, in refusing the application, found that…