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2009-07-14 09:13:33
The zoning board approved guilin massage a variance
to allow the establishment of the 125-seat church at 302 N. Empire Court, just off of Coal Street. Approval was also given to Durham to operate a day-care school for up to 25 children. Attorney Mark McNelis represented Durham and Durham’s wife, Roxann. Rock Church Faith Center is a full-gospel, non-denominational church, Durham said. He described it as “charismatically Pentecostal” with about 60 members. Services are held every Sunday at 11 a.m. and a prayer service is conducted every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Durham said there were no problems in Pittston.
WILKES-BARRE – The city zoning hearing board Wednesday approved the opening of a massage parlor on a 3-2 vote and on Rock Church’s relocation to the city on a unanimous 5-0 vote. Zoning board members Hayden White, William Breslin and John Bergold approved the application of Sung Yang to open a massage parlor at rear 533-539 Scott St. The business will be called Myung Dong, which attorney Stephen Greenwald said is the name of Yang’s hometown in Korea. Board Chairman John Yencha and member William Harvey voted against the application.
City zoning director Leon Schuster said Yang received special approval to open a massage parlor within a 1,824-square-foot portion of the building. He said the area is zoned C-4, which is heavy commercial. Approval was given with the condition that the owner and all employees will be licensed massage therapists once the state begins issuing licenses in 2010. Greenwald said his client and her employee are both licensed massage therapists, but they are not licensed by Pennsylvania because the state does not issue those licenses. Yang’s license was issued by the City of Philadelphia, Greenwald said, and the employee holds a license from New York State.
Greenwald called it a gray area, but he said both employees have hundreds of hours of schooling and training. Also, Rock Church is moving guilin massage to Wilkes-Barre after operating for 33 years in Pittston. The Rev. David Durham, pastor, said the new location will be called Rock Church Faith Center.
