BUTLER TWP — A company that operates a methadone clinic and addiction therapy facility in Butler is seeking to open a medically-assisted drug treatment program at the site of the former cancer treatment center on Hindman Road.

Under the application filed with the township by Foundations Medical Services, the building at 160 Hindman Road could become a clinic for medically-assisted drug treatment.

Township zoning officer Jessie Hines said the municipality has 30 days to review a building permit the company filed on March 24. He sees it as a straightforward continuing use for the site, which is the former Butler Cancer Treatment Center.

Hines acknowledged that proposals for medically-assisted drug treatment programs, known as methadone clinics, can be contentious, but that multiple court cases have made it clear that municipalities can’t bar them from moving into buildings that are zoned for medical use.

“They (the company) comply with all of our regulations,” Hines said of the company’s proposal. “As a government you can’t pick and choose. This is another medical need, and a facility that’s permitted by zoning.”

Foundations Medical runs a center on Hollywood Drive in Butler.