Court won't hear Pittsburgh's strip club appeal

"Court won't hear Pittsburgh's strip club appeal"

Beaver County Times

Beaver County, PA

(AP) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court won't hear an appeal by the city of Pittsburgh aimed at overturning a county judge's approval of a new strip club.

The city has opposed the club owned by Marquise Investments because it would be next to another club that caters to people recovering from drug or alcohol addictions. But attorneys for Marquise convinced Allegheny County Judge Joseph James last year that the proposed site is one of few available under stringent zoning rules requiring buffer zones to keep adult businesses away from schools and churches.

The city first appealed to the Commonwealth Court, which in December upheld the judge's ruling.

The judge ruled on the zoning issue only after City Council twice failed to hold a public hearing requested by the strip club's owner.