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 people have to jump through to develop their own property.
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 to stop a development that they don't want to happen.
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.
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.
