The latest AJC article (see below for full text) states that the City of Johns Creek has asked Fulton County Superior Court to shut down the Johns Creek Love Shack.
By DOUG NURSE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/23/07
The city of Johns Creek filed a petition Friday in Fulton County Superior Court to force the owner of the Love Shack to close or comply with city laws.
The court pleading alleges that the Love Shack is in violation of several city ordinances, such as operating without a business license or a sexually oriented business license and being too close to residential areas and businesses selling alcohol.
Love Shack owner John Cornetta has been operating without a business license for months.
If the city prevails, then the owner, John Cornetta, must either close the store, seek a rezoning, make it a nonadult business or move it. There is no indication when a judge might consider the petition.
Cornetta applied for a business license in January, was denied by the city, appealed and after a hearing was denied again.
The store, which has been a subject of controversy, has remained open because city officials are concerned that if they close the store without a court order, and if Cornetta challenges their ordinance and wins, then Cornetta could claim the city owes him for lost revenue.
The Love Shack opened last Nov. 29, just before Johns Creek officially became a city on Dec. 1.
