North Chestnut Hill Neighbors v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

North Chestnut Hill Neighbors (Neighbors) appeal from the June 26, 2006, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadel*420phia County (trial court), which affirmed the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia (ZBA) granting the Woodmere Art Museum (Woodmere or Museum) a variance to permit construction of a proposed addition to the Museum. We vacate and remand.

Woodmere, a non-profit cultural institution, is housed in a five-story Victorian mansion situated on approximately five and one-half acres in the Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia…