(Source) NEW HAVEN — An adult cabaret with liquor service that operates in the former clock factory in Wooster Square is looking for zoning approval to move a few blocks away.

Peter Forchetti, owner of Scores at 85 St. John St. in an industrial section of the neighborhood, needs both a variance and a special exception to relocate to a warehouse at 203 Wallace St.

The new club, according to documents filed with the city, would be named Planet Venus.

The zoning rules require a 1,500-foot buffer between adult cabarets, but the proposed new location is 1,100 feet from an existing adult cabaret — the Catwalk on East Street. Scores, a strip club, features pole dancing and other entertainment.

Attorney Miguel Almodovar, in his submission to the Board of Zoning Appeals, had to detail why the business is facing an unresonable hardship and should get a variance to locate closer to the Catwalk than allowed by the rule.

The business wants to reopen at 203 Wallace St., a squat, concrete building, across from a Teamsters union office on a street with some derelict structures, but also operational businesses. At the end of Wallace, where it curves back to intersect with East Street, there are some residences.

It would operate between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Almodovar said the property is insulated from residential uses and will not adversely affect them.

Almodovar also said that, given the size of the Mill River light industrial zone, the Catwalk’s location “excludes all other adult cabarets from the area.”

“As applied the 1,500 (foot) buffer actually pushes adult cabarets away from the center of the IL-zone, where they are surrounded by commercial/industrial uses, and closer to residential zones. This is the exact opposite of the intent of the ordinance which contemplates this use being kept away from residential and other sensitive uses,” Almodovar wrote.

This is an interesting development for Connecticut residents that enjoy the view of a single mother’s jiggling titties while eating a medium rare steak from the comfort of a booth. For the uninitiated, a ribeye steak (14 oz.) & fries only costs $23 at the current Scores location. The only place in New Haven where you can get a better deal than that for steak & tits is the Yale dining hall, but you’ll need a SAT score 1500 or above to dine there. So for commoners like myself, Scores it is!

Again, I’m not a big strip club guy, but am a big reporting on CT smut news kinda guy, so it’s my duty to comment on the matter. The city should approve the relocation seeing it’s only a few hundred feet away from the current site. The name change seems like a smart move. When I hear Scores, I think of the Scores in NYC Howard Stern used to wax poetically about on his radio show.

Planet Venus will give the club its own identity and in addition, babes looking for a new gym might mistake it for a women’s only Planet Fitness. Once they ask about rates and conditions, it’s up to the bouncer to convert these unsuspecting vixens from Pilates to pole dancing. In the titty bar game, new talent is what keeps the loyal customers with deep pockets and untouched penises coming back for more.

The business wants to reopen at 203 Wallace St., a squat, concrete building, across from a Teamsters union office

Peter Forchetti, owner of Scores, is smarter than your average pervert. The key in business is understanding your clientele. Opening up a strip club across the street from the Teamsters union is the type of idea Mark Cuban and Kevin O’Connor would fight over on Shark Tank. Both sharks would up their offer to get in on the action. Location is everything in real estate and if this site is approved, there’s going to be a line from the Teamsters union office door to the entrance of Planet Venus during lunch break.

It would operate between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Connecticut laws permit bars & restaurants to close at 1am on weekdays and 2am on Fri/Sat. Furthermore, strip clubs serving alcohol can only be topless. BYOB clubs can be fully nude. Strip clubs in CT are allowed to stay open past 2am because they stop serving alcohol at that time. 11pm – 6am is an interesting time block. I suspect the owner is vying for the allegiance of Teamsters that hate their wives, of which there are many. You know the ones I’m talking about. The union members that would much rather stumble out of Planet Venus reeking of stank puss & booze at sunrise than roll out of the bed in the home they struggle to make monthly mortgage payments on. They can grab a bacon, egg & cheese before work without having to see or kiss the Mrs.

I see a bright future for Planet Venus.

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