UPDATED: Judge Denies Request for Funeral Home Parking Variance Appeals

On Wednesday, a decision was made by Washington County Court of Common Pleas Judge Katherine B. Emery to deny the request by Peters Township residents to appeal .

Last September, the brief was filed on behalf of Peters resident Ned Gensler, who was the named party to the appeal because he spoke at the zoning hearing that was held before the PT Board regarding the variance.

This decision comes nearly four months after the arguments were presented. 

A first variance was granted to reduce the number of spaces in the parking lot from 117 to 44, based upon usage. A second de minimus variation was granted consequent of the first, to allow for the creation of a buffer zone.

Official court documents read: 

"The Court finds, after a thorough review of the record, that the Peters Township Zoning Hearing Board did not abuse its discretion or commit an error of law in granting the dimensional variances requested by Audia Group Investments, LLC, Rod Belusko and Danielle Andy Belusko."

Approximately 30 PT residents showed up at the hearing last year.

A number of them told they were there because they objected to Belusko’s , which were not at issue in the matter before the court in September, but are the subject of another .

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