Notorious Seattle strip club in trouble for taking too much off top
May 27, 2014, 1:10 PM | Updated: 2:39 pm
A Notorious strip club is in big trouble with the city of Seattle for taking too much off – off some trees, that is.
Complaints started coming in last week when five lush trees fronting DreamGirls at Rick’s on Lake City were dramatically topped and shorn of the majority of their branches, Lake City Live first reported.
The club has previously kept a fairly low profile after the feds seized it from the previous owner and sold it at auction to the DreamGirls chain. But now it’s drawing the ire of the Lake City Neighborhood Alliance.
The Seattle Department of Transportation’s Urban Forestry Division has determined the club cut the trees illegally and improperly, spokesperson Mary Beth Turner with the Seattle Department of Transportation says.
“They did it without a permit and they were topped, which is an absolute no-no with trees. The trees that were cut are a total loss.”
The strip club will have to pay for the city to replace the five trees on SR 522 and restore the area to its former appearance. The city won’t say how much it will cost to remove the damaged trees and replace them with new trees of similar size. “The cost will be ‘substantial’,” Turner says.
DreamGirls did not respond to a request for comment.
