Strippers plan petition to change county laws

Friday, March 21, 2003 | 10:02 a.m.

The Las Vegas Dancers Alliance has filed with the Clark County Elections Department an intent to circulate a petition to try to change an ordinance regulating erotic dance establishments.

The Protection of Dancing Initiative is seeking that certain regulations be eliminated from the ordinance, including wording that suggests that if erotic dancing remained unregulated it could lead to venereal disease, drug and alcohol offenses, fraud and other criminal activity.

The petition also eliminates prohibitions on dancers' breasts touching a patron and would allow a dancer to have contact with a patron's feet.

The organization has 180 days from Wednesday to collect the signatures of 15 percent of the number of people who voted in the last general election. All of those who sign must be registered voters in Clark County.

If enough valid signatures are collected, the county will have 30 days to enact the changes. If not, the item would go before the voters in 2004.