Tag Archives: Topic: SOB Regulation

GazetteXtra.com reports: After several years of quarreling, hard feelings, partially naked women and legal action, Screamin’ MeeMees is closed. City Clerk Jean Wulf received a letter Friday from Jim and Rebecca Halbach relinquishing their adult entertainment license . . . …

The Temple Daily Telegram reports on the efforts by Milam County to regulate sexually oriented businesses. It indicates: Regulating sexually oriented businesses was not at the top of the Milam County Commissioner’s Court list of pressing issues until the county …

Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald says Eccentric Studios, located in a strip mall, is a sexually-oriented business and is subject to zoning laws.

The Hartford Courant reports: “A local man has been accused of purchasing drugs at a local strip club where police have been investigating complaints of persistent narcotics trafficking in recent weeks.”

The Mercury News reports: The downtown sex shop that bedeviled city leaders for years closed recently without fanfare, when the building owner chose not to renew the store’s lease . . . Stanley Kuhns, who was convicted in 1996 of …

The Boston Globe reports: . . . Five miles south, the city’s historic Taunton River waterfront and the Battleship Cove tourist attraction have gotten a boost with a new boardwalk. And plans are moving forward for a commuter rail station …

KXMC.com reports that Minot, North Dakota has passed a new ordinance restricting the locations of sexually oriented businesses.

The Petoskey News-Review reports: Zoning regulations that would restrict the placement of adult businesses in Petoskey got initial consideration from the city council Monday . . . The city’s zoning ordinance currently doesn’t address adult-themed businesses . . . The …

The El Paso Times: Strip clubs, adult bookstores and adult theaters may soon face county restrictions after years of operating with nearly no local oversight. El Paso County Commissioners Court on Thursday will have a public hearing to allow people …

The AP reports: “. . . Oregon bans cities from discriminating against strip clubs in commercial zones, so the city is going after the club’s ability to serve liquor . . . “

Minot Daily News: Downtown strip clubs that are forced to close or move aren’t entitled to economic damages, the Minot City Council’s Finance and Improvements Committee decided Tuesday. The committee voted to remove the compensation section of a proposed zoning …

Hartford Courant: “Police conducting surveillance on a local strip club arrested a man on drug charges Monday after they spotted him entering the club to purchase crack cocaine, police said . . . “

Channel3000.com reports: “Janesville police said they have made two more arrests in connection with a prostitution investigation at a Janesville strip club.”

According to ClickonDetroit.com, the Detroit city council is seeking a 120 day extension to consider its ordinance regulating strip clubs.  Apparently, strips are threatening lawsuits over the current ordinance, but members of the community don’t favor more lenient measures.

Milford Daily News: “The selectmen’s office yesterday received another application for adult entertainment, this time from a business within the new adult entertainment overlay district.”

Las Vegas Now reports: “A federal judge is deciding whether or not the troubled Crazy Horse Too Strip Club should be granted a liquor license or not. Last week, the Las Vegas City Council denied a liquor license for the …

http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/news/2008/jun/24/brush-eyes-adult-business-regulations/ The Fort Morgan Times reports: Current Brush zoning regulations would allow sexually oriented businesses to set up shop in any commercial area, but that may soon change. As Brush works to update its zoning and subdivision regulations as part …

MontanaNewsStation.com reports: “Monday night, the city council approved an interim zoning change. The original goal was to keep the Aphrodite’s Inferno Club from opening but the club opened last night . . . “

The Billings Gazette reports: Aphrodite’s Inferno, a new downtown Billings adult entertainment club, opened for business Sunday night to a crowd of about 50 invited guests . . . A loophole in zoning regulations allows nude dance clubs downtown so …

The Bradenton Herald reports: “An argument that started at a local strip club between two groups of men later turned violent in a Bradenton neighborhood with a gunfight that left two men shot early Friday . . .”

Thereporter.com reports: A temporary, emergency suspension on adult businesses in Vacaville is up again for review by the City Council. Last month Secrets Lingerie Boutique stirred up quite the controversy when it opened for business May 30 at 1581 East …

KOAM TV reports: “Cherokee County commissioners want county attorney, John Bullard, and attorney for the commission, Kevin Cure, to see if the new adult store near the four way stop in Crestline violates a Kansas state statute relating to obscenity.”

The Contra Costa Times reports: “Richmond city officials plan to revamp the local ordinance for massage businesses, citing public and police concerns that there might be too many in the city — or that some could be fronts for criminal …

The Yakima-Herald reports: A proposed zoning ordinance that would have put severe restrictions on sexually-oriented businesses in Yakima has been quietly withdrawn. City officials acknowledged the ordinance has been removed from Thursday’s agenda of the Regional Planning Commission and was …

NBC Augusta reports: Tuesday owners of X-Mart will protest a recent decision by city leaders to deny the company a business license. Opponents of the adult entertainment store also plan to protest. Many opponents of the store will appear at …

The News & Observer reports: ‘The state Supreme Court will allow opponents of a planned strip club near the Raleigh-Durham International Airport to argue their case for keeping it out of the area . . . “

Dodge City Commissioner Brian A. Weber has this article on Dodgecity.com. He writes: Consider this scenario; a drastic increase in burglary, theft, robbery and assault. A developing culture of fear, then commercial businesses begin to suffer and deterioration sets in. …

The Seattle Times reports: “Owners of some adult sex shops in Yakima say a city zoning proposal would push them out of town. Planners are proposing that adult shops be at least 500 feet away from homes, schools, parks or …

Local6.com reports: “City code enforcement officials have ordered a controversial underground swingers club to stop hosting sexually themed parties by the end of Thursday or face fines of up to $250 a day.”

The Toronto Star reports: The group representing strip club owners in Ontario is ready to hire a consultant to find loopholes in the rules because their supply of foreign exotic dancers has been cut off for three years. “We’re looking …

The Franklin News-Post reports: The Rocky Mount Board of Zoning Appeals has voted to uphold the denial of a permit for an adult video store in the Rocky Mount Plaza on Tanyard Road. After a public hearing Thursday night, the …

The Catholic Key carries this report: Temptations opened in 1976, first as an adult theater, then as a strip club . . . Some months ago, Temptations’ owners filed a proposal with the Kansas City City Council to obtain a …

LasVegasNow.com reports: The shooting incident of a Metro officer Thursday actually started inside the Penthouse Gentlemen’s Club on Russell Road. Workers and guests ran for cover when the suspect opened fire . . . A 22-year-old adult entertainer, who asked us not …

NBC10.com reports: A man was stabbed six times — including once in the heart — when a large fight broke out in a Delaware strip club. Police did not identify the victim, who is recovering at a local hospital, and …

The Wichita Eagle reports that a 35 year old female employee of a north Wichita strip club was shot today. “Police said the woman, an employee of the club, was not seriously injured.”

The North Platte Bulletin reports: The North Platte City Council took the first step to license and regulate sexually oriented businesses in the city. On Tuesday, the passed an ordinance on the first reading requiring adult oriented businesses to be …

The town has only one strip club on University Drive near Interstate 595. The proposal would cut the required distance between sex clubs and residential neighborhoods, churches, schools and playgrounds from 1,000 feet to 450 feet.

WSBT.com reports: Backers of a proposed gentleman’s club in New Buffalo Township got a not-so-nice dressing down Tuesday by dozens of residents. Many packed the auditorium at New Buffalo Middle/High School to tell the New Buffalo Township planning commission they …

Vesselin Mitev reports on the NY Law Journal: Requiring a Long Island, N.Y., topless bar to relocate does not strip First Amendment protections from the club, a federal judge has ruled in refusing to issue an injunction declaring a town’s …

The Seattle Times reports: Federal prosecutors Monday filed a temporary restraining order against three Seattle-area strip clubs and their owners, alleging, among other things, that they failed to report income, costing the city of Seattle thousands of dollars in tax …

The Milford Daily News report: Police and Fire Chief Ernest Horn will present information to selectmen Monday on the impact and rights of adult entertainment businesses and recommend the town adopts regulations similar to those of Milford. The End Zone …

The Reporter reports: An adult chain store, under the noses of the Vacaville City Council, swung open its doors Friday night. The council attempted to approve an emergency moratorium regarding the approval of adult businesses in the city, but Secrets, …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The prom-dress-pink store, with strips of ribbon dangling in the windows and a breast-cancer-awareness sign out front, looks like any girly gift shop in West Chester’s bustling business district. But the Feminique Boutique, a new adult …

The Register-Guard reports that Springfield parents are gearing up to protest a new strip club that proposes to open near the Academy for Academics and Art.

THOnline.com reports: The ordinance prohibits establishing an adult business: * Within 2,000 feet of any church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other place of religious worship. * Within 2,000 feet of any public or private school offering general education for students …

http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4532 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE May 27, 2008 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.telladf.org/pressroom 6th Circuit upholds protections for Grand Rapids citizens against sex shops GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The U.S. Court of …

A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld Grand Rapids’ adult business ordinance that covered up strippers, outlawed lap dances and opened up its peep show booths.

6th Circuit upholds Grand Rapids’ ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses.

The El Paso Times reports: Strip clubs, adult bookstores and adult theaters that have operated outside city limits without restrictions from local government may soon find themselves bound by a new ordinance being considered by the county. “I think it’s …

The Athens Messenger reports: The Athens Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday reaffirmed its opinion that a “gentleman’s club” is not appropriate for a proposed Stimson Avenue location. But the issue remains in play, with an appeal of the zoning …

WRAL.com reports that Tarboro, NC has passed a law that “would not allow adult establishments within 1,000 feet of day cares, schools, parks, churches and residential areas.”   Proposals for a sexually oriented bookstore were abandoned after encountering fierce opposition from …

Rocky Mount Town Council voted Monday night to adopt an ordinance regulating sexually-oriented businesses, such as adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult video stores, adult movie theaters, nude model studios and sexual encounter centers.

A California bill proposing a 25 percent tax on revenues from adult entertainment would do little to ease the state’s budget shortfall and would cost the state money by encouraging its pornography industry to move, opponents said on Monday as lawmakers reviewed the bill . . .

The Chicago Tribune reports that the city’s only strip club has sued Dubuque challenging its new ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses.  The ordinance bans alcohol, enacts licensing requirements and establishes buffer zones between customers and strippers.

“One man is dead after a double shooting outside a downtown Vancouver strip club late Wednesday night.”

Sen. John Smith, D-Leesville, has proposed a law that will regulate video pornography shops and strip clubs throughout the state.

Police Chief Thomas O’Loughlin will be on hand tonight to present board members research he has done on policing and crime attributable to adult entertainment businesses.

The Detroit Free Press reports: “With moratoriums on zoning and licensing applications for new strip clubs about to expire, officials in Detroit are working to craft a new ordinance that would make it harder for new strip clubs to open …

Neighbors would like to see the old abandoned gas station at M-100 and I-96 turned into just about anything… anything but an adult book store.

While acknowledging that state action is increasingly unlikely, Jasper County officials will wait until the end of the legislative session before deciding whether to act on an ordinance targeting sexually oriented businesses.

“For the second time in a week, a federal judge has denied an injunction to stop enforcement of the Shelby County ordinance that regulates adult-oriented businesses.”

The DailyLocal.com reports: A new adult novelty store coming to North Church Street sparked a debate at Tuesday’s planning commission meeting about whether the borough should expand its zoning code to include more types of adult entertainment. Jill McDevitt, a …

KSDK.com reports: The City of Troy, Missouri has flip-flopped on its decision to award an adult novelty shop a business license to operate in the area. The store name is Bliss, but the controversy that led to the business having …

“The proposed expansion of an adult entertainment business near the Sprint Center was delayed by three weeks Wednesday so a Kansas City Council committee could gather more legal advice.”

Nearly 80 residents packed a town hall meeting room Wednesday to oppose proposed zoning regulations that would allow adult entertainment establishments in industrial areas farther from I-84 than current rules allow . . .

WFMZ.com reports: After months of discussion that at times got quite heated … tonight … supervisors in Milford Township approved a list of conditions that would allow the club to remain open. But the club says it can’t commit to …

. . . the Worcester City Council last night gave preliminary approval to an amendment allowing adult entertainment establishments in certain parts of the downtown while still precluding them from most of the central business district.

After hearing from a handful of Canutillo residents complaining about the proximity of a strip club to their homes, churches, and schools, Commissioners unanimously approved appointing a committee that will address the regulation of sexually oriented businesses in the county.

Under a new ordinance passed by Shelby County Commissioners, all employees — from the janitors to the strippers — must have a background check and carry a permit that can be shown to a law enforcement officer on demand.

ADF special counsel Patrick Trueman appeared on Wallbuilders Live in February to discuss how local communities can battle adverse effects from sexually oriented businesses.  The interview runs just over 11 minutes.  The mp3 audio is now online here. Visit ADF’s …

Canutillo residents angry about a new topless club that has opened in their neighborhood will ask for help from Commissioners Court during today’s regular meeting.

The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a new trial be held to determine if the city of San Bernardino intentionally misled a judge during its battle to close down a notorious strip club that officials said was actually a brothel . . .

This week’s federal court ruling denying a request by strip club owners to block enforcement of a new county ordinance governing them is set to take effect Wednesday.

When selling crack cocaine became a tougher way to make money at the beginning of the decade because of increased police pressure, many drug dealers turned to pimping instead . . .

During the search of the club, agents found two employees – dancer Joannie Gandarilla and disc Jockey Stephen Whitehill – to be in possession of small amounts of marijuana . . .