Pennypack Manor Nursing Home, Inc. v. Petrella

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

This case comes before us on appeal from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which directed the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections (Department) to issue a certificate to the appellee for the construction of an addition to a nursing home. The Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board) had refused the requested certificate, which is in the nature of a special exception. We affirm the lower court.

Appellee operates a nursing home known as Penny-pack Manor in an area of Philadelphia zoned “R-5 Residential.” Rest, old age and…