Ramsey v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Borough of Dormont appeals an Allegheny County Common Pleas Court order reversing the Dormont Zoning Hearing Board’s (Board) denial of a use conversion permit. We affirm.

Harold Ramsey owns a single-family house in a commercial district which is a valid non-conforming use. Ramsey sought to convert the property to a conforming commercial use, but the Board refused his application, holding that Section 504.2 of the zoning ordinance (ordinance) prohibited the conversion.

Section 504.2 provides that:

No existing .single . . . family dwelling situate in any…