VEN 
Follow Us
  • Home
  • About
  • Top 5 Events
    • Top 5 Advertising
  • Events
    • Concerts
    • Family Fun
    • Festivals
    • Wineries
  • VEN's Voice
  • Nightlife Guide
  • Add Listing
    • VEN Advertising

Norfolk Businesses Forbidden to Throw Holiday Parties With Dancing Due To An Ordinance

12/24/2013

0 Comments

 
NORFOLK, VA. -- Just when you think the City of Norfolk's rules and regulations could not get anymore annoying and inhibiting. The city has an ordinance that prohibits small businesses from hosting parties with dancing. In my opinion, this rule is simply another way to bleed local entrepreneurs and small businesses dry. 

Several Norfolk businesses, including "Satya Yoga Studio" and "With Lavender and Lace" decided to celebrate the holiday season by hosting a party with some dancing at their establishments. Sounds harmless enough. However, the Grinch better known as, the Norfolk Fire Marshal decides to steal Christmas by visiting the establishments to enforce a ridiculous Norfolk city code. Apparently, their holiday parties violate Section 5-27 "Lewd, indecent, etc., dances, etc, which in laymen terms is a public dance hall ordinance. The ordinance considers any place a dance hall that uses more than 10 percent of the facility for dancing. 

Shortly after Satya Yoga Studio posted a flyer of the event on Facebook, Norfolk Fire Marshal showed up and stated that the public dance hall ordinance requires that they must have an entertainment AND nightclub permit in order to have dancing. (Obviously, Satya Yoga Studio has a snitch on their Facebook page). 

Also, With Lavender and Lace holiday party was cancelled too. 

To make matters worse, the Norfolk Fire Marshal inspected both establishments and fined the owners for their cancelled parties and the inspections. 

The owners of With Lavender and Lace refuses to take this lightly, they plan to enforce change.

A Facebook page has been created to help "Legalize Dancing in Norfolk."


Source: 
Several Norfolk businesses not allowed to host holiday parties due to ‘dance hall ordinance'; by Holly Henry and Jessica Larche; WTKR.com






Tags: Virginia, Norfolk, dumb laws, Norfolk Fire Marshal, fire marshal, stupid laws, yoga, Satya Yoga Studio, nightclub permit, public dance hall ordinance, Norfolk ordinance, Norfolk laws
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Jenny McClease is a freelance writer from Norfolk, Virginia. She has studied at the Institute of Children's Literature for a year and earned a “Writing for Magazines” Diploma. Since graduating, she has written over 200 articles on diverse subjects for private clients and online companies such as Demand Studios, Yahoo Contributor Network, Textbroker, MerchantCircle, HubPages and Experts123. McClease has written blog posts for online blogs. Her compelling interviews about a local, upcoming rapper and celebrity spin doctor DJ Baby Yu were both published in Entertainment Magazine Online. In 2016, McClease' blog post entitled, "Double Homicide Takes Place in Virginia Beach Restaurant, Two Employees Charged" was recognized by television producers of TV One's "For My Man" Season 2 Episode 10. She was interviewed and completed in-depth research for the episode. Additionally, she wrote the bio for Boxer Steve Forbes' new website "2Pound Sports & Entertainment." She hopes her writings will inform and impact others.

    Archives

    January 2018
    October 2017
    April 2017
    August 2016
    May 2016
    December 2014
    November 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    April 2012
    February 2012

    Categories

    All
    Christmas
    DJ Baby Yu
    Entertainment And Media
    Hip Hop Music
    International Cuisine
    Interviews
    Law Enforcement
    Local Government
    Local News
    Military
    Offbeat
    Online Dating
    Politics
    Social Issues
    Talent Search
    True Crimes
    Virginia Workers
    World News

    Categories

    All
    Christmas
    DJ Baby Yu
    Entertainment And Media
    Hip Hop Music
    International Cuisine
    Interviews
    Law Enforcement
    Local Government
    Local News
    Military
    Offbeat
    Online Dating
    Politics
    Social Issues
    Talent Search
    True Crimes
    Virginia Workers
    World News

    RSS Feed

© 2015 VEN - Virginia Entertainment News All Rights Reserved.
Powered by
✕