Marchese v. Norristown Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.1 Legally speaking, no nuisance is involved here; instead, this is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County affirming the Norris-*87town Zoning Boai*d of Adjustment and bolding Joseph Márchese, the owner-appellant, had lost his right as a nonconforming user by reason of abandonment. Plainly speaking, the objectionable creature here is a one-story garage, forty-five feet by sixty feet, used for the storage and minor maintenance of…