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With respect to variances, a hardship existing on one lot may not be considered a hardship on an abutting lot.
McCarry v. Haverford Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 113 A.3d 381 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015).
Variance from steep slope provisions is a hybrid variance (i.e., neither a use nor dimensional variance). Additionally, landowner's pre-purchase knowledge of the steep slope provisions in the ordinance did not make the hardship self-created.
Pohlig Builders, LLC v. Zoning Hearing Bd., 25 A.3d 1260 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2011).
887 A.2d 796 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2005), app. denied, 903 A.2d 1235 (Pa. 2006).
Creating a situation in which a property is difficult to sell due to substantial improvements does not create a hardship.
Pham v. Upper Merion Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 113 A.3d 879 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015).
Applicability of the MPC to City of Philadelphia and question of whether "improper" zoning constitutes a "hardship" sufficient to permit a variance under the MPC.
Steep slope overlay regulations do not create the hardship that is necessary to justify a variance.
Boyer v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Franklin Twp., 987 A.2d 219 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010).
There must be substantial evidence of record supporting the elements of a variance in order to uphold the grant of such relief by a zoning hearing board.
Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight (SCRUB) v. Zoning Board of Adjustment, 908 A.2d 967 (Pa. Commw. 2006).
The standards for a variance do not permit a single-family home to be converted into a professional office in a district in which such offices are not permitted where applicant has lived in the house for 40 years and cannot, therefore, show that the house cannot be used in conformity with the zoning ordinance.
Schadt v. City of Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Bd., 119 A.3d 439 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2015).
VARIANCE - HARDSHIP TO PROPERTY NOT PERSON.

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