Engineer's Office Not Permitted As Home Business, Says Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that engineering is not a home occupation that justifies a special zoning exception
that would permit an engineer to legally establish an engineering business and home in a residential area.
Allegheny West Civic Council v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Pittsburgh, 716 A.2d 600, concerned a case in which the local
zoning board had ruled in favor of the home owner/engineer. Their reasoning was that proposed use of the property was consistent
with the neighborhood because of minimal residential use on the street, and that there were other commercial and industrial uses
in the immediate vicinity of the property.