Barrie police are bored.
No touching!!
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2015/01/16/city-police-issue-4-bylaw-tickets
Too much touchy feely has led to fines involving a Barrie strip club.
Two fines were laid for permitting sexual contact at one city adult entertainment parlour Thursday night.
At a second club, two fines were laid for licensing infractions the same night.
City police say the fines ranged from $300 to $490.
Barrie city police Sgt. Mark Hyatt said the sexual contact took place the same night charges were laid.
“That was observed by the officers while they were on duty, in uniform, in the bar,” he said. “My belief was that contact was touching, in a sexual manner. It wasn't a sexual act, it was sexual touching.”
Barrie's adult entertainment bylaw does not permit any dancer to touch any other person, nor have any sexual contact with someone else. It also doesn't permit any club employee or patron to touch any dancer or have any contact with a dancer.
Hyatt said the manager and the dancer were both changed for allowing sexual contact with the dancer, by a patron.
At the other strip club, a dancer and a manager were charged - the dancer for not having a licence, the manager for permitting her to work without a licence.
“Once we (the city) license them, those licences are supposed to be on them and posted in the establishment while they are working,” Hyatt said. “In a couple cases (Thursday) night, there were licences we were able to establish, but they didn't have their licences with them.
“It's like a driver's licence. You have to have it with you.”
Adult entertainment parlours in Barrie need business licences, the dancers have to be licensed, and the establishments cannot be located within 300 metres of each other, or residential or institutional areas. Licences must be renewed annually.
At about 11 p.m. Thursday, members of the High Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) and Community Orientated Response and Enforcement (CORE) units went to Barrie's three adult entertainment establishments.
Police say the officers educated both the management and the dancers about Barrie's adult entertainment bylaws, and enforced them.
“Because it's for their protection that we license them,” Hyatt said. “If we find that they are in a violation, and it's a serious violation, then we'll charge them.”
Tim Lambrinos, executive director of the Adult Entertainment Association of Canada, said he was surprised Barrie officers were giving instruction at the strip clubs.
“When do the police do that in any other field? Do they go into the taxi industry?” he said, also mentioning plumbers and electricians. “There wasn't any public complaint?
“The enforcement of bylaws is complaint-driven.”
Lambrinos did acknowledge that adult entertainment licensing is a complex issue for all involved. “Many of the entertainers have English as their second language,” he said. “It's not the only workforce that's like that.”
Barrie has three adult entertainment clubs – Crossovers Entertainment Lounge on Dunlop Street West, The Silver Star near the downtown's Five Points and Misty's Cafe on Big Bay Point Road.
Hyatt said Crossovers was in compliance Thursday night, while the other two bars were found to be in violation of city bylaws.
City police are not saying which clubs face which charges and fines.
Anyone violating the bylaw can be fined as much as $25,000, be imprisoned for as long as a year, or both.
Any company convicted of this offence can be fined as much as $50,000.
In 2009, Barrie's zoning bylaw was changed to restrict new adult entertainment parlours in the downtown and Allandale areas.
The Silver Star is grandfathered in Barrie's downtown because it existed there before the bylaw was changed.
Adult entertainment parlours continue to be permitted in general commercial and industrial zones in the city.
No touching!!
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2015/01/16/city-police-issue-4-bylaw-tickets
Too much touchy feely has led to fines involving a Barrie strip club.
Two fines were laid for permitting sexual contact at one city adult entertainment parlour Thursday night.
At a second club, two fines were laid for licensing infractions the same night.
City police say the fines ranged from $300 to $490.
Barrie city police Sgt. Mark Hyatt said the sexual contact took place the same night charges were laid.
“That was observed by the officers while they were on duty, in uniform, in the bar,” he said. “My belief was that contact was touching, in a sexual manner. It wasn't a sexual act, it was sexual touching.”
Barrie's adult entertainment bylaw does not permit any dancer to touch any other person, nor have any sexual contact with someone else. It also doesn't permit any club employee or patron to touch any dancer or have any contact with a dancer.
Hyatt said the manager and the dancer were both changed for allowing sexual contact with the dancer, by a patron.
At the other strip club, a dancer and a manager were charged - the dancer for not having a licence, the manager for permitting her to work without a licence.
“Once we (the city) license them, those licences are supposed to be on them and posted in the establishment while they are working,” Hyatt said. “In a couple cases (Thursday) night, there were licences we were able to establish, but they didn't have their licences with them.
“It's like a driver's licence. You have to have it with you.”
Adult entertainment parlours in Barrie need business licences, the dancers have to be licensed, and the establishments cannot be located within 300 metres of each other, or residential or institutional areas. Licences must be renewed annually.
At about 11 p.m. Thursday, members of the High Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) and Community Orientated Response and Enforcement (CORE) units went to Barrie's three adult entertainment establishments.
Police say the officers educated both the management and the dancers about Barrie's adult entertainment bylaws, and enforced them.
“Because it's for their protection that we license them,” Hyatt said. “If we find that they are in a violation, and it's a serious violation, then we'll charge them.”
Tim Lambrinos, executive director of the Adult Entertainment Association of Canada, said he was surprised Barrie officers were giving instruction at the strip clubs.
“When do the police do that in any other field? Do they go into the taxi industry?” he said, also mentioning plumbers and electricians. “There wasn't any public complaint?
“The enforcement of bylaws is complaint-driven.”
Lambrinos did acknowledge that adult entertainment licensing is a complex issue for all involved. “Many of the entertainers have English as their second language,” he said. “It's not the only workforce that's like that.”
Barrie has three adult entertainment clubs – Crossovers Entertainment Lounge on Dunlop Street West, The Silver Star near the downtown's Five Points and Misty's Cafe on Big Bay Point Road.
Hyatt said Crossovers was in compliance Thursday night, while the other two bars were found to be in violation of city bylaws.
City police are not saying which clubs face which charges and fines.
Anyone violating the bylaw can be fined as much as $25,000, be imprisoned for as long as a year, or both.
Any company convicted of this offence can be fined as much as $50,000.
In 2009, Barrie's zoning bylaw was changed to restrict new adult entertainment parlours in the downtown and Allandale areas.
The Silver Star is grandfathered in Barrie's downtown because it existed there before the bylaw was changed.
Adult entertainment parlours continue to be permitted in general commercial and industrial zones in the city.
