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COMMUNITY Brookhaven adopts strip club law; Pink Pony won’t file suit yet BY MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net Brookhaven City Council adopted a new ordinance that will prohibit the sale of alcohol in strip clubs and other adult businesses. The ordinance, approved Jan. 15, is similar to the one currently in place in DeKalb County, and will prohibit any contact between dancers and customers, among other regulations. The Buford Highway strip club Pink Pony is the only business in the city of Brookhaven that will be affected by the new ordinance. Currently, Pink Pony is able to sell alcohol because of a 2001 settlement agreement with DeKalb. The club pays the county a $100,000 annual licensing fee to sell alcohol on site. Brookhaven City Council members took up the matter after attorneys ad vised them that DeKalbs existing ordi nance was poorly written and unconsti tutional. “Our ordinance does the same thing DeKalb County’s does, it’s just written in a more thoughtful way,” said Mayor J. Max Davis. “Were not trying to run anybody out of business. We hope ev erybody stays in business, including the ones that may be affected by this ordi nance.” Aubrey Villines, an attorney for the Pink Pony, has argued that the city is bound to honor the settlement agree ment that allows the club to sell alco hol. Pink Pony stakeholders say if they are not able to sell alcohol, they will not be able to compete with clubs in sur rounding areas and will be forced to close down. “We are convinced the ordinance is unconstitutional, unenforceable and in defensible in a court of law and public opinion,” Villines said. Though Pink Pony attorneys have threatened legal action, Villines said the club is not yet ready to file suit against the city. “We’re not going to file a lawsuit to morrow,” Villines said. “We think City Council will continue to work with us and at some point do the right thing.” Dennis Williams, the CFO for the Pink Pony, pleaded with council mem bers to consider the many people who would suffer if the club were put out of business. He said there are many long-time employees who have been able to buy homes and raise their kids in the com munity because of the income they re ceive from the Pink Pony. “By taking away our non-conform ing status and not keeping us in the format we’ve agreed to all these years with DeKalb County, ... it’s going to take money out of their pockets. Their income is going to be dramatically af fected,” Williams said.“You’ll probably put 280 to 300 people out of work. 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