The naked truth behind Ottawa's stripper licence remains elusive Final Edition

In addition to licensing dancers, the city wants to put a cap on the number of adult establishments in Ottawa. The regulations propose there be no more than nine clubs in Ottawa. Conveniently, this is also the number of clubs that currently exist. She also has no doubt the new bylaw will be vigorous...

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Published inThe Ottawa citizen (1986)
Main Author Corbett, Ron
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 05.06.2004
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de Groot, Bob
Pettit, Doug
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Summary:In addition to licensing dancers, the city wants to put a cap on the number of adult establishments in Ottawa. The regulations propose there be no more than nine clubs in Ottawa. Conveniently, this is also the number of clubs that currently exist. She also has no doubt the new bylaw will be vigorously enforced. Routinely, she says, the adult entertainment clubs in Ottawa have gaggles of bylaw officers coming in to check for compliance with the smoking bylaw. Photo: Bruno Schlumberger, The Ottawa Citizen / Dancers at the Nu Den think the City of Ottawa is just trying to wrap more red tape around anything in the city that's fun to do. One dancer says she plans on retiring before any of the proposed licensing changes can affect her.; Photo: 'These regulations are going to cost the city a lot of money. I thought they were looking for ways to save money.' - [Bob de Groot] de Groot, Nu Den night club manager,
ISSN:0839-3222