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Will County committee approves amended adult-entertainment rules, cleans up terminology
Summary
The committee reviewed Chapter 119 (adult entertainment), corrected typographical errors, clarified reviewing departments and operational restrictions (including outdoor event hours and definitions) and approved the chapter as amended; the adult-use commission position remains unfilled but available.
The Will County committee considered proposed rules for adult-entertainment establishments and approved Chapter 119 with several technical amendments.
Members identified and corrected typos and a scrivener's error in event-hour language, discussed the adult-use commission (currently unfilled) and whether the county needs to create or fill the commission if an applicant appears, and debated the scope of prohibitions (for example, whether specified non-touching "straddle" activities would effectively ban lap dances). One member characterized the provisions as intentionally written broadly.
Legal and operational questions surfaced about reviewing departments (land use, building inspection, fire and safety) and whether adult bookstores or similar retailers would be covered; staff confirmed that some uses are not prohibited by the chapter as written.
After editorial fixes and clarifications about enforcement and departmental review, the committee voted to approve Chapter 119 as amended. The chapter will go to the executive committee and, subject to later votes, to the full board.
