GARDEN GROVE : Adult Businesses Moratorium Gains
The City Council has extended a ban on new dance halls, nightclubs and topless bars, and has scheduled a public hearing that could lead to an extension of a separate freeze on adult businesses.
The council this week voted unanimously to extend the dance hall ban for up to 10 months and 15 days to give the city more time to prepare an ordinance regulating such activities.
“There are noise problems and there has been violence connected with some of these operations,” said City Atty. Stuart Scudder. “(City) staff needs more time to study relevant court decisions and make the necessary revisions to the ordinance.”
The City Council also voted unanimously to schedule a public hearing on April 16 to consider extending a moratorium on new or expanded adult businesses such as adult bookstores, billiard parlors and X-rated video arcades. The moratorium applies to new and expanded adult businesses along Garden Grove Boulevard between Beach Boulevard and Magnolia Street.
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