HYDE v. PGH. ZONING BD. OF A.


403 Pa. 415 (1961)

Hyde, Appellant, v. Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy Smith, with him Baker, Watts & Woods, for appellants.

Frederick A. Boehm, Assistant City Solicitor, with him J. Howard Devlin, Assistant City Solicitor, and David Stahl, City Solicitor, for zoning board of adjustment, appellee.

David E. Seidelson, with him Benjamin R. Rothman, and Rothman, Gordon and Foreman, for intervenor, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, April 17, 1961:

Town Development, Inc. (Town) purchased a triangular plot of land by deeds of 1954 and 1956 for the purpose of building commercial offices and storage rooms. Although the area is now zoned residential by the 1958 Pittsburgh city zoning code, numerous commercial activities developed in the area under prior zoning classifications. From 1954 until May of 1957, Town proceeded to effectuate...

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