Legal Opinion

Filanowski v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 2, 1970No. Appeal, 439PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

This appeal challenges the correctness of an order entered in the court below affirming the grant of a variance by the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia. The land involved is located in a district, zoned R-2 Residential, wherein only one-family dwellings are permitted. The variance allows the construction of a thirty-seven family apartment complex with accessory off-street parking. The appellants, a husband and wife who own neighboring land, protested the grant of the variance before this Board and the court below.

Since the court below relied…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pyzdrowski v. Pittsburgh Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. O'NEILL v. Zoning Bd. of Adj.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  3. Commonwealth v. Tick, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  4. Brown EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Crawford Zoning CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Schubach v. SilverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. City of Pittsburgh v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. HartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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