Court Opinion

ID: 9731844
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 15:59:43.394159+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:21.574408
License: Public Domain

*364Dissenting Opinion by
Me. Justice Cohen:
Eon-Jeff Corp., intervening appellee, acquired three separate parcels each with its own zoning. On a previous variance application the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County determined that any change in zoning lies not with the courts but with City Council. Since that time, City Council did change other surrounding land but did not change the zoning of the intervenor’s land.
I cannot see how the failure of City Council to change appellee’s land generates a proper condition for the grant of a variance. Here again the power of zoning reserved to the legislative body is exercised by the courts in violation of law. I would reverse.
I dissent.