Thursday, May 13, 1999
Councilman fights store relocation costs
BY WILLIAM A. WEATHERS
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Despite the plea bargain that ended the obscenity trial against Larry Flynt and his brother, Jimmy, on Wednesday, City Councilman Charles Winburn said he will still lead the fight to keep the city from having to pay $20,000 for the relocation of Mr. Flynt's downtown Hustler store.
“My position is I want Flynt to go,” Mr. Winburn said. “I don't think we're obligated to pay him.”
The Hustler store is one of at least five businesses that will have to move from Sixth Street to make way for the new Contemporary Arts Center. Construction is scheduled to begin late this year.
The city is required to pay up to $20,000 in relocation fees when it buys property for public improvements.
The city has filed charges claiming the Hustler store is in violation of local sexually oriented business laws because it does not have a license. The case is pending.
“What the city lawyers have told me is that they're two separate issues,” Mr. Winburn said of the obscenity trial and the licensing flap.
If court decides the Hustler store is operating without a proper license, then the city has no obligation for its relocation expenses, Mr. Winburn said.
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