LA HABRA : Permits for Nude Dancing Put on Ice
Businesses that want to offer nude dancing here will be prohibited from doing so for the next 10 months.
City Council members last week unanimously imposed a 300-day moratorium on issuing permits for such entertainment.
The ban extends a 45-day moratorium council members imposed last month after they were told some businesses planned to apply for permission to open a nude bar in the city. The council immediately moved to prevent that with the ban on new permits.
The city’s Planning Department already has been directed to develop an ordinance regulating adult entertainment businesses in the city, which the council is expected to adopt within months, city officials said.
City Atty. Richard Jones said a complete ban on nude entertainment, as contained in the moratorium, would be illegal if it was made permanent.
City officials said that because the city lacks an ordinance regulating such businesses, the moratorium is necessary to keep new businesses from opening immediately and creating “a threat to the public health, safety and welfare.”
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