Wednesday, April 19, 2000
Monroe expected to OK Hustler store
Planning board to meet today
BY Janet C. Wetzel
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MONROE — Plans for a new Hustler store may be approved by the city planning commission today, removing the final obstacle for the Flynt brothers to build their controversial store here.
And they don't plan to sit around waiting for the ink to dry.
“We'll get out our shovels and hard hats. I'm ready. I want to get this going,” Jimmy Flynt, brother of Hustler publisher Larry Flynt said this week.
“I'm trying to coordinate an autograph-signing by Larry in Cincinnati (at the new Hustler store) and a groundbreaking in Monroe a day apart,” said Mr. Flynt.
The Flynts plan to build the new store at Interstate 75 and Ohio 63, next to Bristol's Show Club and Revue.
Jimmy Flynt has said the store will carry X-rated videos, sex toys and other adult merchandise, along with mainstream clothing and boutique items. He and his attorney, Louis Sirkin, declare that adult merchandise will not make up a substantial portion of the stock, and the store will not qualify as an adult entertainment business under Monroe's zoning code.
Residents and local church leaders have been fighting to block the store. But if the plans are complete, the project will likely be approved today, city officials have said.
“It appears from my standpoint and the engineer's that everything is in order,” said Jay Stewart, the city's zoning enforcement officer.
Jimmy Flynt was at the March meeting when the planning commission withheld approval of his site plans until more details were provided on the store's contents. He'll skip today's meeting. “I find that boring,” Mr. Flynt said. “And I understand there's no problem in getting approval from Monroe.”
John Walden, project manager with the architect, A&E Designers, Lexington, said he will be there.
Mr. Walden said his goal is to select a contractor this week, to start construction next week.
Mr. Flynt said he hopes to have the store open by late July.
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