Detroit Strip Clubs: Strip clubs grapple with crackdown
August 31, 2010 at 6:00 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsStrip clubs grapple with crackdown
They launch ‘good neighbor policy’ but challenge rules
Santiago Esparza and Christine MacDonald / The Detroit News
Detroit –Three months ago, a controversial crackdown went into effect at city strip clubs. Police say it’s working. Bar owners say the rules hurt revenues. And critics contend the clubs have the same old problems.
Approved after much debate by the City Council, the ordinances ban lap dances and VIP rooms, force dancers to stay 6 feet from customers and on stages at least 18 inches high and require most employees of the city’s 31 clubs to buy $150 annual licenses.
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That incident — and a fatal shooting at a Starvin’ Marvin’s on Michigan Avenue in June — have critics claiming the new rules don’t go far enough. Religious leaders and many neighbors pressed the council unsuccessfully to ban alcohol at strip clubs.
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