Lilith
12-31-2004, 07:52 PM
(submitted by gekkogecko)
Reuters
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Topless dancers in San Antonio
will have a little more to wear after the city council
on Friday ordered them to carry permits while
performing.
The council, attempting to curb the number of clubs in
the city, also banned nude dancing and "lap dancing"
and ordered performers to keep a decent distance from
patrons, drawing a vow from clubs to fight the
restrictions in court.
"My constituents are tired of seeing these clubs drive
down their property values," said city council member
Chip Haas, who represents the northeast district where
a number of the clubs opened in the past few years.
The rules, similar to regulations adopted in Houston
and other U.S. cities, require dancers stay at least 3
feet from club patrons and wear the $50-permits while
working. The driver's license-sized permits may be
attached to dancers' G-strings, or to bracelets around
their ankles.
Jim DeeGear, attorney for 12 of San Antonio's topless
clubs, said he would seek to have the rules declared
unconstitutional.
"It's easy to pick on these people because a lot of
people say, 'well, we don't much care for the way they
earn their living,'" DeeGear said.
City Attorney Andy Martin said similar rules have
already withstood court challenge around the country.
Reuters
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Topless dancers in San Antonio
will have a little more to wear after the city council
on Friday ordered them to carry permits while
performing.
The council, attempting to curb the number of clubs in
the city, also banned nude dancing and "lap dancing"
and ordered performers to keep a decent distance from
patrons, drawing a vow from clubs to fight the
restrictions in court.
"My constituents are tired of seeing these clubs drive
down their property values," said city council member
Chip Haas, who represents the northeast district where
a number of the clubs opened in the past few years.
The rules, similar to regulations adopted in Houston
and other U.S. cities, require dancers stay at least 3
feet from club patrons and wear the $50-permits while
working. The driver's license-sized permits may be
attached to dancers' G-strings, or to bracelets around
their ankles.
Jim DeeGear, attorney for 12 of San Antonio's topless
clubs, said he would seek to have the rules declared
unconstitutional.
"It's easy to pick on these people because a lot of
people say, 'well, we don't much care for the way they
earn their living,'" DeeGear said.
City Attorney Andy Martin said similar rules have
already withstood court challenge around the country.