Hey, Sex Shops - East Lyme's Wide Open
...not that anyone's actually planning to open one
Monday, Jul 13, 2009 | Updated 8:44 AM EST
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Looking for these? You'll have to look a little harder in East Lyme.
No one's actually applied to open an adult-oriented business in East Lyme. Not a strip club. Not a sex shop. Not an escort service nor a dirty movie theater.
But East Lyme's zoning board is sending them the message: "We're wide open and ready for ya." The board has approved new regulations for adult businesses.
In a state where the opening of a sex shop prompts television news coverage with neighbors shouting "Not in my backyard!", this is a preventative action, according commission members.
The possible locations are quite limited. The rules are such that adult businesses must be more than 900 feet from a residential area, school, church, hospital, library, licensed-care facility, public park or any other adult business.
So... yeah... that last part means you won't find a strip of strip clubs.
Adult businesses, you're not really THAT welcome.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC Connecticut
Posted Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 - 9:58 PM EST
