Whiskey or Sex Question Stumps Seattle Lawyer
By JUNE WILLIAMS
SEATTLE (CN) – A strip club that says it is being denied a chance to operate in Seattle had the 9th Circuit considering whether denizens are looking more for whiskey or sex.Seattle had enforced a moratorium on issuing building permits for adult clubs since 1988, but a federal judge struck down the ban in 2005 after finding that it constituted an unconstitutional prior restraint on protected speech. The city now regulates the clubs through licensing and dispersion requirements.It sets regulations on how close adult entertainment businesses can operate in relation to community centers, schools, churches, child care centers, parks and other adult clubs.ATL Corp.
