Detroit Council Approves Strip Club Regulations
Drippy
Florida
Yes, the council did approve the regulations this afternoon. This applies only to clubs in the City of Detroit. I don't know when the regs are effective but it will ban dancers touching customers, no vip areas, and all dances have to be on a raised stage. See the link to the news:
http://www.wwj.com/Detroit-Council-Appro…
Know sure if these regs can be appealed or protested. But since these apply only to the City of Detroit, it stands that the clubs in the suburbs will benefit, i.e. Flight Club, Bogarts, BTs, Playhouse, Landing Strip.
These regs will not reduce crime but will sure impact the economy of a City that needs all the economic help it can get.
http://www.wwj.com/Detroit-Council-Appro…
Know sure if these regs can be appealed or protested. But since these apply only to the City of Detroit, it stands that the clubs in the suburbs will benefit, i.e. Flight Club, Bogarts, BTs, Playhouse, Landing Strip.
These regs will not reduce crime but will sure impact the economy of a City that needs all the economic help it can get.
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SuperDude, Drippy, et al - time to make good use of vacation time, sick time, etc. for one last hurrah! Might also be time to start getting names and numbers for future OTC action as dancers look to make up lost income.
Everyone else - ROAD TRIP!
Only concern i have is if these regulations may carry over to the out lying areas.
Doesnt seem like a good thing for the detroit clubs.............
Judy/judy, I always appreciate your insight on these issues, but here’s a couple more. Last night (at PHC), one dancer who does not do extras, was ecstatic because she thinks she will make money off her personality and looks. “Those skanks who do all the nasty stuff won’t be able to do that any moreâ€, she told me. Another dancer told me she may head to Flight Club. (This is the same dancer who earlier told me that she was tired of “all these guys nickelin and dimin’ me all the timeâ€).
I think I will hit all my favorite Detroit clubs in the next 2 weeks and then move on the suburban clubs.
Judy/judy is correct--liquor licenses are hard to move, so relocation is not an option. As Detroit clubs lose customers, they will close or convert to some other kind of entertainment--sports bars, dance clubs for the younger crowd or franchise restaurants.
My unscientific hunch is that the club scene will be reduced to a few survivors inside Wayne County but outside the Detroit city limits. They will be pricey, because the number of clubs will not expand and the market will pay a little more to get the action that Detroit just shut down.
more revenue from violations. It's a win/win situation for them. They don't, for the most part, actually care about the issue itself, just the votes they get for the next election and the money they get to control.
from LE but after that, things may slowly get back to normal and LE will
will get paid to look the other way while everything gets back into full
effect but at a cost, and since we are in a recession, it wont be hard
for them to get LE off their backs, my only question is how much more is
it gonna cost us in the long run.
DoctorDarby is right about one thing and i have to agree.
LE will only enforce the new rules for a few weeks/months then business
may slowly pick back up, because i doubt that the clubs will let all,
that potential money drive out to the suburbs, and remember 65% of the
people that stay in Detroit don't have a drivers license or its suspended
(witch is technically the same thing)so they are not going to risk driving
out to the suburbs and getting pulled over and having their car towed
and/or possibly arrested just because they wanted extra mileage.
I sometimes forget how we are as a race, we are very resourceful and will
keep up whatever bad things that we are doing until we get caught and or
fired, so im gonna rest with ease that by spring time, everything will
slowly get back to normal.
The only draw back is that a few clubs will close in the beginning, but
those will be the clubs that didn't have a chance in the first place
and the rest will go down fighting while a few will remain standing,
that's just how Detroit is and anybody that live here will tell you the
same thing.
Liquor license of Fells Point strip bar suspended for 1 year
Chubbies was found guilty of five violations, including serving alcohol after hours
The city liquor board suspended the license of a Fells Point strip club for one year on Thursday, finding the bar guilty of serving alcohol after hours and not closing by its designated time of 1 a.m.
Chubbies, in the 2000 block of Eastern Ave., was found guilty of five violations at a two-hour hearing at City Hall and will begin serving its suspension April 1. The club, which is undergoing renovations, remains closed after shutting down last fall and will get five months credit for time served.
A lawyer for the club questioned the severity of the suspension. Peter Prevas said other bars have been found guilty of similar charges but not received such a hefty penalty.
The club and its neighbors have been at odds for much of the past decade.
"The neighbors complaining is a contributing factor to the board's sanction," Prevas said.
Once blue-collar, Fells Point over the last 15 years has seen an influx of professionals paying $300,000 or more for rowhouses blocks from the water. Chubbies is in the middle of a mix of businesses and houses and a block away from a Catholic high school.
About a dozen community members attended the revocation hearing. Victor T. Corbin, president of Fells Prospect Community Association, testified that residents have repeatedly complained about late-night parties at the club, including one on the Fourth of July last year.
A city police officer testified that he responded to a call for loud noise at Chubbies in the early morning of July 5 and found customers drinking after hours.
"We would have preferred to have it revoked, but considering the circumstances and how long of a fight we've had, this is better than what we've had in the past," Corbin said. "Maybe [the owner] will decide to relocate and say this is not worth doing business."
Chubbies has existed in some form at that location since the mid 1960s. In 2005, under different ownership, the city liquor board fined Chubbies $3,000 for a series of violations, including inappropriate touching between a dancer and a patron.
Residents have since complained about Chubbies, claiming its workers solicit customers on the street, a practice commonly referred to as 'barking' and generally reserved to clubs on The Block. Chubbies is one of the few strip clubs not located in the 400 block of Baltimore St.
Last April, Dwight McCurdy, the licensee, agreed to get rid of a sandwich sign in front of the club and to not allow his workers to encourage people on the street to come inside. The owner also said he would not hire known sex offenders or anyone who has been convicted of prostitution in the past five years.
Prevas said McCurdy, who failed in his attempt to sell his license last year, has not decided if he will reopen after the suspension.
In other cases, liquor board commissioners fined Circus Bar and Jewel Box — two clubs located on The Block — $1,150 and $1,175, respectively, for violating adult entertainment laws. The clubs were found guilty of letting dancers caress the genital area of patrons.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/marylan…