Wednesday, October 13, 1999
Law for adult business may change
Inspection clause could be revised
BY RAY SCHAEFER
Enquirer Contributor
COVINGTON — Two parts of Covington's ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses may be changed in two weeks.
City Solicitor Joe Condit said during Tuesday's City Commission meeting that the changes are based on a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
One change would delete a provision charging owners of a sexually oriented business with a misdemeanor if they refused to allow an inspec tion. Mr. Condit said search warrants would be obtained if there is a valid reason for an inspection.
Under the second change, Mr. Condit said, the city would not make employers responsible for employees' actions at work unless it is determined the employers knew or should have known the actions were illegal.
Commissioners passed the ordinance last spring and had planned to begin enforcing it Oct. 1. Five business owners sued the city in an attempt to block enforcement.
Mr. Condit said a hearing before U.S. District Judge William O. Bertelsman would take place within two weeks to discuss a possible temporary restraining order to bar enforcement.
Also Tuesday, Covington commissioners:
• Heard a presentation by police Lt. Col. Bill Dorsey, assistant chief, concerning how to spend money from a federal law enforcement grant the city is expected to receive next month.
Lt. Col. Dorsey wants the city to put laptop computers in each cruiser. He said the computers would cost between $1,200 and $1,400 apiece and would reduce the number of people needed to run the city's dispatch center.
The computers would allow officers to write and file reports electronically; connect with city, state and federal crime information databases; and obtain information from prior shifts.
Lt. Col. Dorsey said the city is expected to receive about $171,000.
• Passed an ordinance making Lehmer Street one-way west. The street is near the Jillian's entertainment complex, and City Engineer Terry Hughes said nearly 60 percent of residents who participated in a survey wanted a one-way street to control parking by Jillian's patrons.
• Approved spending $66,250 to repair a sanitary storm sewer serving residents on Parkway and Highway avenues.
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