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Article: Board votes to close video lottery parlor
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- September 16, 2004
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Kanawha City residents might have applauded and cheered at a Board
of Zoning Appeals hearing over the opening of a video lottery parlor,
but that was not the reason the board decided the club should close,
city officials said Wednesday.
Over the past several months, Charleston officials have tried to
keep a video lottery parlor called the Hot Spot Lounge and Cafe from
operating in the old Risk's Farmers Market in Kanawha City. In
August, the city's Board of Zoning Appeals decided the club should
not have been allowed to open this summer.
Earlier this month, the operators filed a lawsuit in Kanawha
Circuit Court, seeking to have that zoning appeals decision ...