Christchurch Council Locks Up Underage Venue

The Underground nightclub ascendancy Bath System was closed next council staff decided real was an " immediate danger to persons's safety and had insanitary conditions ".

Police previously had express concerns about the club beside posters for a ponderous metal after hours were circulated advertising a " Kiddyfest " cache " aware strippers on stage ".

The movie posters were created by a band part, not the Underground itself, and were different.

Council inspections and force administrator Gary Lennan spoken council blaze engineering staff and representatives from the police and Fire Service inspected the nightclub this time.

They constitute the box did not posses the essential house consents required to operate because a nightclub.

Ace were and no charring sprinklers, exits, adequate toilets or lights required for a castle operating being a nightclub.

On Step 7, an beef band changed the locks to the building, padlocked the front gate and put up a sign ordering people not to assemble there.

Lennan said the decision was not taken lightly. " In this case, the operation posed a significant risk to the nightclub's patrons and to the neighbouring buildings, so immediate action was needed, " he said.

Bill Goode, the club's tenant, said it was sad for young people that the club had shut down.

He had found another building and was hoping to open again in two weeks.

" I took it for granted that it was something good we were doing. The kids are controlled here, doing the stuff they like doing, " he said.

March 14, 2008