Paulette T. Laurento v. Zoning Hearing

Paulette T. Laurento, personal representative of John J. Laurento, deceased (Laurento), appeals from the March 31, 1993 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County which affirmed the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of West Chester (Board) denying Laurentos application for variances. The issues raised on appeal are whether the Board abused its discretion or committed an error of law in denying Laurentos application for dimensional variances to convert his nonconforming warehouse to residential use on the basis that Laurento had not demonstrated unnecessary hardship; and whether the proposed plan furthers the Commonwealths policy of converting nonconforming uses to conforming ones.