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[J-160A-D-2008] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.

GARY SPAHN,

: : Appellant : v. : : ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, : THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA AND R.G. : WOODSTOCK ASSOCIATES, LLC., : : Appellees : : : : : : : : SOCIETY CREATED TO REDUCE : URBAN BLIGHT (SCRUB), MARY : CAWLEY TRACY, WYNNEFIELD : HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION, : BELMONT VILLAGE COMMUNITY : ASSOCIATION, AND GEORGE DAVID, : JR. : : v. : : ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF : THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, THE CITY : OF PHILADELPHIA AND PATRICK B. : GILLESPIE, JR./SHANNON OUTDOOR, : LLC : : APPEAL OF: SOCIETY CREATED TO : REDUCE URBAN BLIGHT (SCRUB), : MARY CAWLEY TRACY, WYNNEFIELD :

Nos. 25 & 26 EAP 2008 Appeal from the order of the Commonwealth Court entered on April 4, 2007 at No. 1425 & 1426 CD 2006 (reargument denied on 05/30/2007) affirming the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Civil Division, dated July 5, 2006 at No. 0111 September Term 2005. 922 A.2d 24 (Pa. Commw. 2007) ARGUED: December 2, 2008

No. 27 EAP 2008 Appeal from the order of the Commonwealth Court, dated April 4, 2007 at No. 1528 CD 2006 (reargument denied on 05/25/2007) affirming the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Civil Division, dated July 13, 2006 at No. 1048 November Term 2005. 921 A.2d 536 (Pa. Commw. 2007) ARGUED: December 2, 2008

HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND BELMONT VILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

: : : : : SOCIETY CREATED TO REDUCE : URBAN BLIGHT (SCRUB), MARY : TRACY, WECACCOE CDC, WHITMAN : COUNCIL, FRED DRUDING AND : JOVIDA HILL, : : Appellants : : v. : : ZONING HEARING BOARD OF : ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF : PHILADELPHIA, CITY OF : PHILADELPHIA, BDB COMPANY AND : KEYSTONE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, : : Appellees :

No. 28 EAP 2008 Appeal from the order of the Commonwealth Court, dated April 9, 2008 at No. 1609 CD 2007, affirming the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Civil Division, dated August 8, 2007 at No. 003362, December Term 2006. 951 A.2d 398 (Pa. Commw. 2008) ARGUED: December 2, 2008

OPINION

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE CASTILLE

DECIDED: August 18, 2009

The questions presented in this appeal arose from the General Assembly's enactment of Section 17.1 of the First Class City Home Rule Act ("Home Rule Act"), 53 P.S.

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