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Footloose? Not in Des Moines

July 02, 2009

Des Moines likes to market itself as a hip, happening place. As long as it has an "ordinance to provide for prohibition, license, regulation and supervision of public dances within the city of Des Moines," it's going to be hard to make that claim with a straight face. The Des Moines Register explains:

And for those looking to take away a layer of bureaucracy, repealing the ordinance seems like an easy way to do that. The ordinance states that, "The room where dancing is conducted shall be illuminated to a minimum of two footcandles, as measured by a photometer at a plane 30 inches above the floor."

I suppose a strobe wouldn't count.

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