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Memphis Daily News: “Shelby County Commissioners are scheduled to take a final vote today on an ordinance that would better define restrictions on where strip clubs and other adult entertainment businesses can locate in the county.”

San Antonio Express-News: “A civil judge declined Friday to continue giving court protection to a North Side strip club that city officials tried to close last month.”

Topeka Capital-Journal: “Kansas House OKs bill keeping semi-nude dancers, clients 6 feet apart.”

Alva Review-Courier (AP): “Kansas legislators approved two bills Wednesday aimed at the strip club industry and protecting victims of child pornography.”

The Press Register: “Owners of Good Vibrations, an adult novelty store currently located on South State Street, Lynn Logan and Eddie Browning presented to the board a request to move to a downtown location . . . ‘Based on studies, this kind of business tends to decrease property value and needs to be located in a place that this will not affect the value,’ Barber said. ‘Industrial areas are the obvious answer.’”

Buffalo News: “State Liquor Authority commissioners today yanked the liquor licenses from two local strip clubs after witnesses told authority investigators that the owners, including Rick Snowden, knew of both prostitution and drug dealing at the establishments raided earlier this month by the FBI.”

Seattle Post Intelligencer: “The Oak Harbor City Council approved a trio of laws to ban public nudity, and license and zone adult entertainment within city limits after more than four hours of public comment and discussion.”

AP: “The Texas Supreme Court is deciding whether to strip away a $5 entrance fee to watch nude dancers. The court heard arguments Thursday about whether the so-called pole tax, a fee mandated by lawmakers in 2007, is unconstitutional.”

UPI: “New legislation in Iceland will ban stripteases and prevent clubs from making a profit from employee nudity, authorities say.”

Whidbey News Times: “The Oak Harbor City Council approved a trio of laws to ban public nudity, and license and zone adult entertainment within city limits after more than four hours of public comment and discussion.”

Miami Herald: “A bill endorsed by House lawmakers would prohibit those businesses from being within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, libraries, day-care centers or churches. The bill also would prohibit fully nude dancing or waitressing.” | SB 514 | Supplemental note on House substitute bill | HB 2633

NY Daily News: “A Manhattan lawyer pleaded guilty Tuesday to running a hooker ring out of a Midtown jiggle joint and was barred from working in – or even going to – strip clubs for five years.”

KIROTV: “Members of the Celebration Church said they will attend a city council meeting, speak to the council and protest and pray outside City Hall. The city is reviewing its 25-year-old adult entertainment ordinance on light of Club Sin Rock’s opening last Thursday.”

The Post-Star: “The proposal designates three residential and three commercial districts – each allowing different levels of development. There would also be one educational district, which contains the Schuylerville Central School, and a ‘riverfront recreational district,’ which runs along the western edge of the Hudson River.”

The Intelligencer: “West Rockhill supervisors on Wednesday evening approved updated regulations for adult entertainment in the township. The new rules are part of an extensive overhaul to township zoning, but officials decided it would be best to address adult uses separately to keep such businesses from being established before the regulations.”

9WSYR: “The City of Cortland is trying to tighten up its laws regarding adult entertainment businesses.”

FOX 31: “Howard Brown with Planning and Development says the City approved merging an ordinance from the City Code, and one from the Zoning Ordinance that will be called the ‘Sexually Oriented Business Ordinance.’ However, they can only regulate where the businesses are located, not so much what they sell.”

PhillyBurbs.com: “Doylestown Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve a zoning ordinance amendment that would limit the location of sexually oriented businesses to the retail commercial district — the Doylestown Shopping Center on North Main Street.”

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Pittsburgh City Council is scheduled to host a public meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Onala Club, 1625 West Carson Street, to allow residents to voice their opinions about a proposed strip club in the community.”

macon.com: “Senate Bill 364 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously, and Staton, R-Macon, said he hopes to see the bill before the full Senate next week, or the week after. The bill strengthens current massage laws on several fronts, and makes it clear that local governments can regulate parlors and spas.”

SB 364: Massage Therapist; conviction for sexual offense; license suspended for certain time periods; penalties

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “A city prosecutor alleged Thursday that the Atlanta Eagle gay bar was operating as an adult entertainment establishment without a permit.”

Community Defense Counsel has posted an asbtract of the ruling in TJS of New York, Inc. v. Town of Smithtown, No. 08-2789-cv (2nd Cir. March 10, 2010)

Southwest Times Record: “Authorities arrested the owner of the business that was located in a suite at 1000 Fort St. The business had hundreds of pornographic videos and a methamphetamine lab, Powell told the Barling Board of Directors during its regular meeting Tuesday.”

KTUL: “A measure to strengthen state laws aimed at stopping human traffickers has been unanimously approved by the State Senate. State Senator Clark Jolley is the author of Senate Bill 2258, which would increase penalties for stealing or destroying another person’s official identification papers or passport.”

News4Jax: “The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said it’s looking for two people in connection with a robbery of a State Road 16 business Monday night.”

The Herald News: “City lawyers are calling a lawsuit contending the city unconstitutionally and systemically banned strip clubs ‘frivolous’ and without basis. The city is seeking legal and related fees and dismissal of the case filed by Gary Lund of Swansea.”

Athens Banner-Herald: “The Jefferson City Council met in a special session Monday night to approve an ordinance that would regulate spas and massage parlors, which have a reputation for harboring prostitution and other illegal activities.”

Pocono Record: “An adult entertainment bar is set to open next week in Jackson Township across the road from a church. Located at Route 715 and Doll Road, across from the First Hispanic Church ‘The Light of the Poconos,’ the sign that once read ‘Pub 715′ now reads ‘Thrills’ in yellow letters against an explosive black-and-red background.”

Milford Daily News: “The town has received another adult entertainment license application from Showtime Entertainment, which has made changes to its proposed strip club conform with the town’s bylaws.”

The Indy Channel: “A live lingerie modeling studio is in danger of being shut down after it opened without the proper license, city officials said . . . Municipal codes stipulate that if the city doesn’t act on a license request within 45 days the license is granted automatically.”

Mansfield News Journal: “Two ordinances regulating sexually oriented businesses in Mansfield were approved by council Tuesday night in a 7-1 vote.”

Washburn County Register: “The city ordinance prevents liquor-licensed establishments, with the exception of performance arts centers, from having nudity or acts simulating sex, citing potential secondary effects such as prostitution and crime. Olson was told this prohibited his establishment, Moe’s Place, from having topless dancers, so he began having dancers wearing bikinis instead.”

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: “The Governmental Services Committee will review the ordinance in draft form Monday, March 9 at 8 a.m. in the City Hall Conference Room, 865 SE Barrington Dr., before it goes to the full council later this month.”

Investigative Voice: “The Baltimore City Liquor Board has suspended the license of a Fells Point strip bar for one year. The suspension came after a liquor board hearing over charges that owners of Chubbies last July operated the club later than allowed by their license.”

Herald News: “The lawsuit filed two weeks ago by Gary Lund alleging the city has unconstitutionally prohibited adult entertainment was remanded to U.S. District Court in Boston this week at the city’s request.”

News and Tribune: “The Clarksville Town Council voted unanimously to appeal a ruling that struck down an ordinance regulating adult businesses at its Monday meeting.”

WLNS.com: “Hundreds of strip club opponents and a smaller number of employees and other supporters of the clubs have packed a Detroit City Council hearing on whether to tighten adult business regulations.”

The Christian Institute: “Lap-dancing clubs, casinos and betting shops are increasing in number in the UK, while the number of libraries and schools is falling, new figures show. The statistics have been called a modern day Domesday Book, with critics saying it shows the ‘decline of traditional Britain.’”

PhillyBurbs.com: “Doylestown Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve an ordinance that would require all sexually oriented businesses in the borough and their employees to be licensed by the borough.”

Memphis Daily News: “The Shelby County Commission today will take the first of three votes on a city-county ordinance designed to further restrict adult entertainment businesses . . . The ordinance sponsored by commissioner Mike Ritz specifies that such businesses can’t operate within 1,500 feet of family recreation centers or parks. It also explains what such centers or parks are considered to be.”

Northwest Florida Daily News: “The city’s first topless bar may open by the end of the summer, according to The Oasis operator Terry Stephenson. The Destin City Council voted 5-2 last week to approve a settlement of a lawsuit brought by Stephenson over his right to operate a strip club in the city.”

ClickonDetroit: “The public will get a chance to voice their opinion Monday in the battle over strip club rules in Detroit.”

Family First has issued an email update that reports:

As of now, there is no state standard for these businesses. Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial, Nebraska – District 44 introduced and priotitized LB 443.

This bill would place statewide regulations on sexually oriented bookstores and strip clubs and would do the following:

• Require S.O.B.’s to close between midnight and 8 a.m.
• Prohibit full nudity
• Adopt a “No Touch” policy between dancers and patrons.
• Ban minors from visiting S.O.B.’s
• Requires that any S.O.B.’s be located at least 1,000 feet (approximately 1/5 mile) away from any school, daycare, playground, residence or church.

More information here.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Tuesday said Fulton County had presented ample evidence to justify an ordinance banning the sale, possession and consumption of alcohol at adult entertainment establishments.”

UPI: “Undercover officers said their investigation found no illegal behavior in a sex-party room of a pornography bookstore in Melrose Park, Ill. . . . Melrose Park Mayor Ronald Serpico said he would prefer the book store and party room went elsewhere, but there is nothing that can be done about it. ‘I can’t regulate morality,’ Serpico said.”

KOB: “An Albuquerque judge has fined a group responsible for organizing a Nob Hill adult film festival. After three years, the judge decided the theatre that has hosted the Pornotopia film festival is not zoned for adult entertainment, but organizers say the show will go on.”

“The legal dance over Texas’ so-called ‘pole tax,’ a $5 entrance fee at strip clubs, is going before the state Supreme Court.”

St. Louis Public Radio (AP): “The Missouri Senate has passed new restrictions on sexually oriented businesses.”

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “But that hasn’t slowed the would-be dancers lining up to apply for the $350 permit to work in the city’s 19 clubs, Atlanta police say. Among the usual aspiring actresses and dancers, there are more college students, single mothers trailing toddlers, health and office professionals and even a few age-defying grandmothers — all looking for well-paid work in a city with unemployment above 10 percent.”

KC Star: “The legislation would ban nudity at strip clubs and force partly nude employees to stay 6 feet away from customers. It also would make strip clubs and adult video stores close by midnight and restrict the location of new adult entertainment businesses.”

KETV: “The Iowa Court of Appeals will allow dancers to continue to perform at a controversial strip club.”

WMFD: “Mansfield City Council Tuesday night approved an ordinance which increases the zoning distance where sexually oriented businesses may operate.”

AP: “The Missouri Senate endorsed strict regulations for sexually oriented businesses Thursday – just days after a federal grand jury convened to look into the demise of a similar bill five years ago . . . ”

The Reporter: “Currently no stores in Vacaville have been identified as adult stores under the city’s current definition in the zoning code. The Planning Commission voted Tuesday in favor of a recommendation to the City Council that would, among other things, broaden the definition of adult stores.”

WMFD.com: “The proposal put before council would increase the distance where sexually oriented businesses could operate near schools, churches, residential neighborhoods or parks.” The Council is expected to vote tonight.

WMFD: “The proposal put before council would increase the distance where sexually oriented businesses could operate near schools, churches, residential neighborhoods or parks.”

MSNBC: “People were blushing and burning up with anger in Southington over the opening of an adult boutique, but as of Monday, the shop is open for business. Despite protests from residents, V.I.P. — Very Intimate Pleasures — opened its doors on Queen Street in Southington on Monday morning . . . The chain is trying to open another store in Berlin but they are gearing up for a fight. Last week, a federal appeals court upheld a key part of Berlin’s sexually orientated business ordinance . . . ”

WMFD: “More than 100 people attended the forum hosted by the Richland County Family Coalition at Berean Baptist Church on Middle-Bellville Rd. Opponents of Adultmart discussed options for opposing the adult store and to close it.”

St. Petersburg Times: “At a strip club a few hours before dawn Wednesday, a man sliced his ex-girlfriend’s throat with a pocketknife and then pummeled her face with his fists, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.”

North Carolina Family Policy Council: “The City of Greensboro filed a nuisance abatement lawsuit against the club on January 21, after a long-term undercover police investigation revealed that the club played host to various criminal offenses involving prostitution, and violated a 2003 state law prohibiting the sale of alcohol at certain sexually-oriented businesses.”

Herald News: “The City Council will hold public hearings tonight on proposed zoning amendments to restrict adult entertainment and to expand the arts overlay district.”

Gilroy Dispatch: “Gilroy’s City Council on Monday unanimously approved revisions to an adult entertainment ordinance, outlawing full nudity at adult businesses among other restrictions.”

TriValley Central: “The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a zoning ordinance amendment on Jan. 20 that would change the designation of adult entertainment and adult service providers to adult-oriented businesses and would require a new zoning category that would limit where they may be located.”

My Fox 8: “Don’t tell Andy, Opie and Aunt Bee, but Mayberry could get its first strip club if the owner of a night club petitions the city to rezone his property . . . But according to Jeff Coutu, the city’s director of planning, the district El Tequila is located in currently does not allow adult businesses.”

KUAM News: “It could be political suicide for the Democrat lawmaker to take this one on, but Vice-Speaker B.J. Cruz is no stranger to controversy. He says Bill 314, which paves a path for relocating adult entertainment establishments out of Tumon and into an industrial area, is imperative to preserving the family friendly environment for Guam’s largest industry – tourism.”

Mansfield News Journal: “Remy said he is pursuing several possibilities to reduce negative effects on the city from the new Adultmart near Interstate 71 and Ohio 13. Among the potential options is an ordinance requiring operating licenses for sexually oriented businesses — ‘similar to what taxicabs are required to have or to the vendor’s licenses that the county issues,’ Remy said. License holders would pay a fee and be required to renew the license annually.”

UPI: “A Washington town voted 4-3 to draft regulations to crack down on bikini coffee stands by imposing rules similar to those governing other adult businesses.”

Mansfield News Journal: “A highway sign installed Monday trumpeted the opening of the new Adultmart store to motorists on Interstate 71 and Ohio 13. The shop, behind Taco Bell off Hanley Road, sells lingerie, adult DVDs and sex toys. It already has attracted attention from some City Council members . . . ”

Arizona Republic: “A shooting, an attempted armed robbery and a fire at a Phoenix strip club early Monday morning ended with one man dead. Employees at Lacey’s Gentleman’s Club told police a 33-year-old man was upset after a dancer, who provided a private dance for him, refused a sexual solicitation. The man left and came back with a handgun and attempted to rob the business.”

Ohio.com: “Police located Kenneth Johnson of Inman Street in the 1000 block of Nadia Court after receiving a call that a 58-year-old woman was being robbed in the parking lot of the Platinum Horse Cabaret, 1027 E. Waterloo Road.”

Guampdn.com: “A measure that would banish strip clubs and other adult entertainment businesses from Tumon’s Hotel Row was introduced by Vice Speaker Benjamin Cruz yesterday.”

NBC Washington: “Several city businesses, that were allegedly operating as illegal brothels, have been shut down in the District. DC Attorney General Peter Nickles said the businesses operated as health spas, social clubs and massage parlors, but were found to be associated with prostitution and illegal sexually-oriented activities.”

Sun Herald: “The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on permits for adult-oriented businesses and tattoo parlors. Councilman R. Lee Flowers said the moratorium was probably proposed because businessman Barry Artz applied for a permit to open an adult bookstore near a Gulfport School District building where General Equivalency Diploma examinations are held, meaning teenagers could be exposed to the business.”

Washburn County Register: “The Spooner Plan Commission is continuing work on finding an outlet for adult entertainment facilities, after a meeting Tuesday, Dec. 29, in city hall.”

Bucks County Courier Times: “Bucks County Judge Robert Mellon on Monday ordered bar owner Bruce Young to put a stop to all adult entertainment at his bar in Warwick. The judge decided that Young’s hurried attempt to add topless dancers at Just Sports bar before Warwick officials could amend their zoning ordinance to prohibit the practice was not enough to establish a non-conforming use.”