Jefferson Parish trying to change Fat City
(AP) METAIRIE, La. – They’ve tried for decades to rehabilitate, re-imagine and remake Fat City, only to see the Metairie nightlife district stubbornly cling to its rough and rowdy ways. So Jefferson Parish officials now are trying a more persistent, relentless approach.
An ambitious plan is in the works to impose new zoning standards gradually eliminating strip clubs and converting Fat City into a pleasant town center appealing to families, shoppers and diners. It likely won’t be implemented until late this year, but in the meantime, Parish Councilwoman Cynthia Lee-Sheng, whose district includes the neighborhood, is using the parish’s alcohol permit rules to target Fat City bars.
In March, the Parish Council revived a committee that hadn’t met since the 1980s to review the alcohol permit of the Forum Club, a bar at 3208 N. Arnoult Road where sheriff’s deputies made a series of arrests for underage drinking. The council then denied the bar’s permit in April, at Lee-Sheng’s urging.
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