Legal Opinion
Andress v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 21, 1963No. Appeal, No. 340PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas which, without taking testimony, affirmed the decision of the Zoning Board to grant a variance for the erection of an apartment house.
Appellee, CMC Construction Company, a land development company (hereinafter called “C M C”) purchased the parcel of land here involved at the same time that it purchased three neighboring (but not contiguous) parcels in 1956. The lot in question is zoned “A” Residential. It has the shape of a trapezium.* Although its frontage on Yerree Road is 395 feet, its maximum…
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