Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs has declined to issue a temporary restraining order against the Frisky Kitty exotic dance club in Tarzana, allowing the club to stay open at least until another hearing next month.
According to a recent CBS News report, the club has been in operation since 1998 and is located in a manufacturing zone. The issue is that it seems the Frisky Kitty was served with a notice in 1998 that the club was illegally operating within 500 feet of a residential area, a notice that the club never appealed.
According to Frisky Kitty attorney Roger Jon Diamond, there is an ambiguity in the city code that makes it unclear how such distances should be measured. The closest residents are senior citizens who live in an apartment building, some of whom said in previous interviews with the media that they liked the club being there, Diamond said.
