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Group appeals decision for rehab center

The Take Back Your Neighborhood civic association will appeal a Zoning Board of Adjustment decision on the property at 6600 Bustleton Ave. (at Magee Avenue).

At the group’s February meeting, members voted 35–5 against a proposed special exception to the building that is the former home of the David G. Neuman Senior Center and a couple of schools.

Owner Jeff Fuchs wants to open a residential home for 25 to 35 women who have already gone through drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

The average length of stay would be 90 days. No medical treatment or drug dispensing would take place. Visiting hours would be limited to Sundays from 1 to 4:30 p.m. There would be 24-hour staffing, and the women would have a 10:30 p.m. curfew. Despite the opposition by neighbors, the ZBA approved the special exception.

In other news from the April 18 meeting, City Councilmen Bobby Henon and Kenyatta Johnson spoke. They were asked their position on Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed soda tax, and both said they had not made a final decision on how they would vote.

Take Back Your Neighborhood will meet again on Monday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at Max Myers Playground, 1601 Hellerman St. ••

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