Broussard v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.1

The issue in this land-use dispute is whether, and under what circumstances, an application for a special exception may be granted conditioned upon the applicant’s later compliance with the express requirements for the special exception under the zoning ordinance.

Appellee, the MedCano Corporation (“MedCano”), owns a two-story building that formerly housed the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (the “Society”). The building — which is bounded by properties owned by Appellants Elsie Broussard, M.D., the Twentieth Century Club, and residents of Schenley Farms…