IN RE CITY OF PITTSBURGH

No. 1931 C.D. 2008, No. 1932 C.D. 2008.

977 A.2d 71 (2009)

Appeal of the CITY OF PITTSBURGH from the Action of the Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review of Allegheny County in regard to Property owned by the Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources, Situate in the 2nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, Block and Lot No. 2-A-25. County of Allegheny School District of Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources. Appeal of City of Pittsburgh. Appeal of the City of Pittsburgh from the Action of the Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review of Allegheny County in regard to property owned by the Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources, Situate in the 2nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, Block and Lot No. 9-N-196. County of Allegheny School District of Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources. Appeal of City of Pittsburgh.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Pferdehirt, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

William P. Bresnahan, Pittsburgh, for appellee, The Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and McGINLEY, Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and BUTLER, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge BUTLER.

The City of Pittsburgh (City) appeals from the September 4, 2008 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) exempting two properties owned by The Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources (Trust), located at 820 Liberty Avenue and 110 Ninth Street, from local real estate taxes. The issue before us is whether these properties qualify for tax exemptions when they are neither currently used nor occupied by the Trust. For...

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