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Dateline: 11/20/99
The Tampa City Council debated a new ordinance which would institute a ban on Lap Dances at it's meeting on Friday. The Council Chamber was packed, many say with it's largest crowd ever. The Council deferred final debate and vote on the issue until December 2.
Expecting the December debate to bring an extraordinary crowd of both supporters and opponents; the debate is scheduled to occur at the Tampa Convention Center in order to accommodate the masses expected.
The ordinance would require dancers and customers to maintain a 6 foot distance from one another, creating the exotic dancer's equivalent of a "no fly zone" so to speak. This of course effectively eliminates the possibility of the lap dance as it's essential component requires the dancer to straddle the customer. Lap dances are very popular with customers at adult dance facilities and with the dancers themselves. Dancers generally receive larger tips from customers after "doing the lap".
Nude or partially clothed employees at the adult facilities are also required to maintain a 6 foot distance from one another. The ordinance states this will eliminate the simulation of sexual acts.
City officials maintain that lap dances promote the spread of disease, prostitution, and sexual assaults.
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*****Note:***** The City Council voted on December 2nd by unanimous vote to make it illegal for exotic dancers to maintain less than a 6 foot distance to both customers and each other, thereby making lap dancing illegal in the city of Tampa.



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