Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia

880 A.2d 504

DecidedAugust 4, 2005

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Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Philadelphia, 880 A.2d 504 (Pa. 2005).

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 4th day of August, 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby granted, limited to the following issues:

1. Is a property subject to unnecessary hardship when the evidence demonstrates that it is burdened by obsolete buildings, deed restrictions on conversion or demolition of many of [505]*505the buildings, severe environmental contamination, more than half a century of physical decay and over a decade of severe difficultly in leasing space to tenants, such that the property owner cannot even service the mortgage payments on the property?

2. Can a variance be denied as contrary to the public interest solely because the proposed structure does not meet the strict requirements of the Zoning Code?

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 4th day of August, 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby granted, limited to the following issues:

1. Is a property subject to unnecessary hardship when the evidence demonstrates that it is burdened by obsolete buildings, deed restrictions on conversion or demolition of many of [505]*505the buildings, severe environmental contamination, more than half a century of physical decay and over a decade of severe difficultly in leasing space to tenants, such that the property owner cannot even service the mortgage payments on the property?

2. Can a variance be denied as contrary to the public interest solely because the proposed structure does not meet the strict requirements of the Zoning Code?

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