Wednesday, October 06, 1999
Covington in court fight over nightclubs
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — The city of Covington is battling in federal court for its right to regulate nightclubs.
Parts of the city's new ordinance to regulate the clubs went into effect Friday. That led a group of people, including a dancer and owners of several of the clubs, to file a lawsuit in federal court. Cincinnati attorney H. Louis Sirkin is representing the plaintiffs, who allege that the law is unconstitutional.
Covington also wants to make any new clubs open in an adult club zone, the location of which has yet to be decided. The city is suggesting a spot in an industrial area off Ky. 17.
The ordinance requires yearly licenses, police background checks and a $250 nonrefundable business application fee. The business owners say those are just ways the city is trying to legislate them out of business.
Mr. Sirkin is also representing owners of Clermont County's new nude dancing club, Deja Vu. They also are suing in federal court, claiming a regulation passed in August by county officials is unfair.
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