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The Pittsburgh Planning Commission Tuesday rejected a proposed West End strip club because it would exasperate traffic problems and interfere with a facility next door that helps recovering alcoholics.Nearly two dozen people testified during a two-hour hearing that the 5,000-square-foot, all-nude “Club Marquise” on West Carson Street would harm their efforts to attract businesses and residents to a depressed section of the city.

“I’m thrilled. I didn’t think we would win, I thought we’d have to fight it all the way,” said Norene Beatty, 71, secretary of the West End-Elliott Citizens Council. “Hopefully, the fight is over. But if it’s not, we will go on until the very end.”

 

City Council still must consider the strip club proposal. Only a super-majority of seven council members voting in favor could override the commission’s unanimous decision.

That’s something even the club’s would-be operator, Patrick Risha, 26, of Belle Vernon, said would be difficult to accomplish.

“I think the planning commissioners’ negative recommendation was premature and didn’t fully understand the code,” Risha said. “We look forward to going in front of City Council, and if they reject us there, then we’ll sue.”

Risha said the proximity of the proposed strip club to the Onala Club, a facility that helps people recover from alcoholism, is a “non-issue.” He said he has nixed plans to serve alcohol at no charge.

As for the traffic and parking concerns, he said his club, which would have a capacity of 150 patrons, would have 14 parking spaces and offer valet parking.

Risha is the son of West Mifflin Area School District Superintendent Patrick A. Risha, but the younger Risha said his father has nothing to do with the strip club.

Kirk Burkley, a commission member, said the strip club would be an eyesore near the busy West End Bridge, worsen a bad traffic situation on West Carson Street and jeopardize the mission of the Onala Club.

“I believe that it would certainly be improper from a planning perspective to put this use right next to that facility,” Burkley said.

Joe Panzino, the Onala Club’s executive director, praised the commission’s decision. He said strip clubs often attract people with drug and alcohol problems.

He said his clients are trying to improve their lives and avoid reigniting their dangerous vices.

“We were very pleased with the outcome, thus far,” Panzino said. “I’m also very moved with the great number of people in the community that came forward to support our particular position. I think a lot of lives are going to be saved in the long run.”

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