Appeal of Dinu

OpiNioN by

Judge MacPhail,

Peter and Mary Dinu (Appellants) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County which dismissed their appeal from the denial of a variance application by the Zoning Hearing Board of Springfield Township (Board). We affirm.

*597The record in this ease reveals that Appellants are the equitable owners1 of a tract of land on which a vacant elementary school is located. The property is located in a “O” Residential zone which permits, inter alia, single family dwellings, two family detached and semi-detached dwellings and, by special exception, multiple…