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New Hustler Hollywood Locations Planned


(Filed Under Retailer News). Two new Hustler Hollywood adult stores have been slated to open in the Midwest — one in a busy retail neighborhood in uptown Minneapolis, Minn. and one in the unincorporated neighborhood of Clintonville in Columbus, Ohio — unless the communities of these planned stores have their say.

Many of the neighborhood businesses as well as residents and lawmakers in Minnesota and Ohio are either actively fighting or simply expressing displeasure at the stores’ impending arrival. Lawmakers in both cities expressed that they are investigating whether or not Hustler Hollywood will be meeting merchandise and zoning restrictions placed on adult stores.

Minneapolis zoning laws require that sex-oriented materials can only account for either 15 percent or 500 square feet of a store’s total area, whichever is smaller. Risqué clubwear and sexy costumes do not fall into the "sex-oriented materials" category, however, and are instead classified as general merchandise.

In Columbus, an adult retailer is defined as a store that has "a majority of its shelf space or square footage devoted to the display, rental, sale or viewing of adult material for any form of consideration" and must be located in a manufacturing district. By carefully selecting merchandise for these two locations, Hustler Hollywood can skirt both cities’ meticulous requirements.

While officials in both cities have expressed interest in changing the laws governing adult stores, as well as smaller measures like restricting parking and approving signage, all parties noted that free speech rights meant the stores would never be banned outright.

The Hustler Hollywood in Minneapolis will be located at 2405 Hennepin Ave. S. in a space previously occupied by an eco-friendly products retailer. The Hustler Hollywood in Columbus will be opening at 2751 N. High St., the site of a former tanning salon.

Hustler Hollywood currently operates 11 stores across the United States. This will be Minnesota’s first and Ohio’s third Hustler Hollywood store.


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Published 07-12-2011 by Katherine Rautenberg

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