Former strip club sues North Dakota city, wants dancers back

MINOT, N.D.-- A downtown bar is suing the City of Minot in federal court for the right to operate as a strip club.

Envy Gentlemen's Club had been forced to stop offering entertainment dancing in 2011 as a result of a new city ordinance restricting where such clubs can operate. It is suing for damages as well as asking to be grandfathered into its current location so it can once again have the dancers.

The city is asking for the case to be dismissed. A pretrial conference by telephone is scheduled for July 20.

Minot approved an ordinance on July 7, 2008, that restricts strip clubs to heavy industrial areas and to at least 1,250 feet, or about three blocks, from churches, schools, child-care facilities, hospitals, parks, playgrounds or other adult entertainment centers. The distance restrictions prohibits location in a downtown industrial area.

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