CRANBERRY TWP — Months after its request for a zoning variance was denied, construction of a car wash will begin in Seven Fields.

ModWash, an automated car wash with 12 dozen open or under-construction locations in the United States, including one operating in nearby Coraopolis, received approval from Seven Fields Borough Council to construct a car wash at Pointe Place, and last Wednesday purchased the one-acre lot at Route 228 and Northpointe Circle that was the site of contention at zoning board hearings in February and March.

The company, which plans to construct a car wash with a number of vacuums at the junction of the state route and Northpointe, was denied its request for a variance to build the structure closer to the property line than is allowed by ordinance in Seven Fields, and as such had to modify its plans, resulting in a lower number of vacuums and the construction of a sound barrier.

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