A south Wichita club that bills itself as an erotic sports bar will have to lose the erotic part if it wants to reopen, the City Council ruled Tuesday.

The council voted to deny an entertainment permit to Vixen’s Erotic Sports Bar at 212 E. Harry, meaning it could still operate as a bar, but without any live music, DJs or erotic dancing.

The decision came after an earlier hearing in which the police department said the bar owner, Jeran Trotter, had allowed illegal activity there.

The police had conducted an undercover investigation of the bar and found that on several occasions from April to August, female employees had exposed their breasts to customers for tips. That’s a violation of the city’s public nudity ordinance.

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