The county commissioners Friday approved several actions, beginning a process to clear up the idea of restricting or outright banning certain activities of businesses in the sex industry.
Currently, there are no such establishments doing business in the unincorporated parts of the county, but after the City of Fort Wayne last summer was sued by a strip club that said it was applying its ordinance unfairly, county leaders decided to get out ahead of the game. The commissioners unanimously authorized a licensing process for companies that might apply to open a strip club, adult bookstore or adult retail store like Boudoir Noir in downtown Fort Wayne. The county commissioners also voted to ban live sex act establishments, such as certain Swingers Clubs.
An attorney will be working on specific code language that the county plan commission and county commissioners will consider ratifying at follow-up meetings.
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