NOVELLO v. ZONING BD. of ADJUSTMENT


384 Pa. 294 (1956)

Novello, Appellant, v. Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Porreca, for appellants.

David E. Pinsky, Assistant City Solicitor, with him Matthew W. Bullock, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, and Abraham L. Freedman, City Solictor, for Zoning Board of Adjustment, appellees.

Herbert S. Levin, for intervenor-appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, March 13, 1956:

The question is whether the Board of Adjustment was authorized, under the Philadelphia Zoning Ordinance, to issue a certificate for permission to use a building as a "Car Wash" in an area zoned "A Commercial."

The building is located at the southwest corner of Broad and Reed Streets in Philadelphia. A church edifice which had stood there was abandoned by the church a few years ago. The four corners...

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