The disputed decision by a Philadelphia zoning board to turn the site of a historic home into a luxury condominium tower has been overturned by a Pennsylvania appellate court, sending the issue back for further local review. The case is indicative of the hoops that...
Month: April 2012
Pennsylvania court upholds zoning board denial
A Pennsylvania appellate court has upheld a lower court's ruling that agreed with a zoning board's decision, blocking a developer from building a residential unit for parolees and pre-release inmates. Zoning regulations can be restrictive, and some people can use them...
Protests end fight over apartment complex
A group of Philadelphia residents embroiled in a real estate dispute with a nonprofit group has won its fight to keep an apartment complex from converting into housing for seniors and transgendered people.The nonprofit group wanted to house elderly residents with...
Court denies residential rezoning
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a lower court's ruling, denying a property owner's request for rezoning to add a fourth floor and a roof deck to his Philadelphia property.The man owns a three-story building on South 18th Street in the city, built on...
