University of Scranton v. City of Scranton Zoning Hearing Board

NEALON, J.,

A local university filed an application with the Zoning Hearing Board of the City of Scranton (“ZHB”) seeking a dimensional variance for three sight distance triangle requirements in order to raze an existing nonconforming structure and replace it with a new building in the same dimensional footprint as the present, nonconforming structure. After the ZHB denied that dimensional variance request on the sole ground that the proposed new building will make use of the adjacent intersection “less safe” for motorists and pedestrians, the university filed this zoning appeal on the basis…