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* [[June 11]], [[2013]]: [[Club Rave]], a teen club owned by [[Stephen Jackson]] in the same location as the former Club Heat, was closed down. | * [[June 11]], [[2013]]: [[Club Rave]], a teen club owned by [[Stephen Jackson]] in the same location as the former Club Heat, was closed down. | ||
* [[June 18]], [[2013]]: [[Bali Spa]], a massage parlor on [[Center Point Parkway]], was shut down. | * [[June 18]], [[2013]]: [[Bali Spa]], a massage parlor on [[Center Point Parkway]], was shut down. | ||
* [[March 18]], [[2014]]: [[Good Friends Chinese & Seafood Restaurant]] was declared a nuisance and closed down following a shooting by the owner, [[Chun Hin Ching]]. | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* Bryant, Joseph D. (July 6, 2010) "[http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/07/birmingham_to_crack_down_on_nu.html Birmingham to crack down on nuisance nightclubs]" {{BN}} | * Bryant, Joseph D. (July 6, 2010) "[http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/07/birmingham_to_crack_down_on_nu.html Birmingham to crack down on nuisance nightclubs]" {{BN}} | ||
* Bryant, Joseph D. (March 18, 2014) "Good Friends restaurant where owner shot at customer loses license, is shut down by Birmingham City Council." {{BN}} | |||
Revision as of 19:48, 18 March 2014
This is a List of businesses closed by the Birmingham City Council:
- 1905: Rabbit Foot Saloon, license revoked by the Birmingham Board of Aldermen
- September 26, 1995: Ulysses Smoot surrendered the licenses for his Jaguar Club on 2nd Avenue North.
- September 13, 2007: The city revoked Ty Nguyen's license to operate the Texaco Super Deli on Oporto-Madrid Boulevard North based on a pattern of mistreatment and assaults against customers.
- November 27, 2007: The city revoked the Screening Room's business license.
- July 16, 2008: Banana Joe's ceased operating voluntarily under threat of closure by the city.
- 2008: The city opted not to renew the business license for Mike's Crossroads, but a judge intervened.
- June 29, 2010: The council revoked Leovigildo Castro's license to operate the Continental Ballroom.
- September 22, 2010: Zen was declared a public nuisance and closed.
- June 28, 2011: Richard Walker's license to operate the L. R. Hall Auditorium was revoked.
- July 12, 2012: Nomtae's business license was revoked.
- August 21, 2012: Mike's Crossroads was again closed by the city.
- September 11, 2012: Club Heat (formerly "Club Asia") owned by Ahmed Mir Shahzed at 1709 1st Avenue North was closed down.
- June 11, 2013: Club Rave, a teen club owned by Stephen Jackson in the same location as the former Club Heat, was closed down.
- June 18, 2013: Bali Spa, a massage parlor on Center Point Parkway, was shut down.
- March 18, 2014: Good Friends Chinese & Seafood Restaurant was declared a nuisance and closed down following a shooting by the owner, Chun Hin Ching.
This list is incomplete and may never satisfy any subjective standard for completeness. You can help Bhamwiki by expanding it.
Developments
In May 2013 the Council adopted the "Kevin Felder ordinance" creating new security and reporting requirements for nightclubs and event venues. It was named in memory of the victim of a fatal stabbing outside Club Zen which led to its closure.
References
- Bryant, Joseph D. (July 6, 2010) "Birmingham to crack down on nuisance nightclubs" The Birmingham News
- Bryant, Joseph D. (March 18, 2014) "Good Friends restaurant where owner shot at customer loses license, is shut down by Birmingham City Council." The Birmingham News