Pampena v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The City of Pittsburgh (City) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which reversed the decision of the City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board). The Board had denied the request of Adelio and Rosalia Pampeña (the Pampeñas) for a variance and for an occupancy permit for their five-unit dwelling at 226 Stratford Avenue in Pittsburgh, an area zoned as a Multiple-Family Residence District.

On May 5, 1983, the Board, under Zone Case No. 204 of 1983, denied the Pampeñas’ variance request and their appeal from the City Zoning Administrator’s…