New LA Club Finds Creative Way Around Restrictions
There may be a new strip club opening soon at 3388 S. Robertson Blvd. in Los Angeles in the Regent Square area. According to one article, the name for the new club is Skin Cabaret.
What makes this story so interesting is the creative way the people behind the club managed to get around local adult entertainment restrictions to get a permit. Los Angeles city law requires that adult oriented businesses be at least 1,000 feet apart from each other and at least 500 feet away from a park, school, church, or residential area. The new club is 993 feet away from a business called Dominion, which has been described as a bondage club. Thus, Skin Cabaret is within 1,000 feet of another adult entertainment business and against city regulations. However, the people behind the club are chopping 7 feet off the building to bring the location within the distance requirement.
It’s a shame that someone who wants to open a strip club has to hire a construction company to demolish 7 feet of the building in order to get around arbitrary restrictions that really serve no public safety purpose. But, let’s give them credit for pulling this off. If there is a will, there is a way.