Angle v. Zoning Hearing Board

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Borough of Dormont appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which reversed a decision of the Dormont Zoning Hearing Board denying a permit to enclose the front porch of the dwelling owned by Edward and Catherine Angle.

The owners’ lot, measuring thirty feet by one-hundred-ten feet, is located in an R 1-A Residential Zone. Since 19271 the property has been subject to a twenty-foot building setback line. In conformity with the ordinance, the edge of the dwelling itself is set back twenty feet from the street line, although a roofed porch extends…