Aqua
06-20-2007, 02:21 PM
(SF)
Original Story Here (http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5401188)
June 19, 2007 (ROCKPORT, Ind.) - A judge has fined the owners of a southern Indiana adult bookstore and lounge 30-thousand dollars for violating a county ordinance limiting the operation of a sexually oriented business.
The law defines a sexually oriented business as one in which sexual material makes up more than 35 percent of the merchandise or accounts for more than 35 percent of the store's revenue.
Spencer County Circuit Judge Wayne Roell ruled that because dancers appeared nude or semi-nude in the lounge, the Love Boutique was in contempt for repeated failure to abide by the terms of the ordinance.
Scott Nazzarine, an attorney representing the Love Boutique, says the judge's ruling seems reasonable.
He says the owners of the business "will make every effort to comply with the orders of the court."
The Love Boutique opened in November 2005 at the site of a former truck stop about 35 miles east of Evansville.
Original Story Here (http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5401188)
June 19, 2007 (ROCKPORT, Ind.) - A judge has fined the owners of a southern Indiana adult bookstore and lounge 30-thousand dollars for violating a county ordinance limiting the operation of a sexually oriented business.
The law defines a sexually oriented business as one in which sexual material makes up more than 35 percent of the merchandise or accounts for more than 35 percent of the store's revenue.
Spencer County Circuit Judge Wayne Roell ruled that because dancers appeared nude or semi-nude in the lounge, the Love Boutique was in contempt for repeated failure to abide by the terms of the ordinance.
Scott Nazzarine, an attorney representing the Love Boutique, says the judge's ruling seems reasonable.
He says the owners of the business "will make every effort to comply with the orders of the court."
The Love Boutique opened in November 2005 at the site of a former truck stop about 35 miles east of Evansville.