Ohio Club Owners And Dancers Fighting New Restrictions
Ohio gentlemen’s club owners and dancers are planning to present the Secretary of State with petitions containing roughly 400,000 signatures to force a statewide vote on oppressive restrictions passed earlier this year.
In April of 2007, a law was enacted to require all sexually oriented business to close at midnight. As part of this law, all nude or semi-nude dancers would be required to remain at least six feet away from patrons at any time. If this initiative makes it on the ballot, the regulations won’t go into effect until after the vote in November, instead of this coming week as scheduled.
Considering that many strip clubs don’t get busy until close to midnight, these regulations could significantly harm the income of club owners and dancers.