UNIVERSITY CITY • The often contentious University City Council on Monday forged a united front in condemning a proposal that could bring a bar featuring topless female waitresses to the Delmar Loop.

The unanimous 7-0 vote opposing the Loop as a second location of the Social House was largely symbolic.

But Councilman Stephen Kraft noted the resolution sends a signal to the businessman who proposes to open the bar that the community is “standing up loudly and clearly and saying we don’t want you in this city.”

Officials indicated the city will take the first official step toward addressing the Social House II issue next week at a regularly scheduled meeting of the planning commission.

According to City Manager Lehman Walker, the available options include an amendment to the city code prohibiting nudity in establishments operating in the city as well as restrictions on the liquor, business and signage licenses required of the bar before it can open its door to customers.

Albert Watkins, the attorney for the business owner who hopes to install Social House II in the Loop, told a reporter last week that the liquor license issued to the business that previously occupied the building at 6655 Delmar Boulevard is still applicable.