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Board Rejects Cheshire Bridge Zoning Change
The measure favored by council member Alex Wan still might be approved by the Atlanta City Council. The ordinance would force some adult businesses to move from Cheshire Bridge Road.
An ordinance that would force many adult businesses to move from Cheshire Bridge Road was voted down Thursday by the Atlanta Zoning Review Board.
But the measure isn't dead. The City Council's zoning committee will discuss the legislation May 29 and the full Atlanta City Council might vote to approve it June 3, the GA Voice website reported.
The city imposed zoning years ago that stopped new adult businesses from coming to Cheshire Brige.
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Exisiting adult businesses stayed thanks to a grandfather clause, but council member Alex Wan wants to lift that protection. If it is approved, the businesses would have to move in five years.
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The controversial legislation has pitted some LGBT activists against openly gay Wan because they believe Wan is attempting to eradicate behavior he deems unfit by closing sex shops and porn stores.
Several members from a new grassroots organization QUEER UP Atlanta spoke out against the legislation. Also, a huge group of employees and supporters of Club Onyx were present, holding up signs that read, among other things, "Help me help myself — no employee left behind" and "Onyx pays for my degree."
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