EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso County Attorney’s Office says a signed document has been filed with the court stipulating what a shuttered Eastside bar must do to reopen.
On March 30, the County Attorney’s Office moved to shut down Dirty Laundry Bar, alleging that the business was a “common nuisance” — a place where people habitually go to commit crimes and where management knowingly tolerates the activity or fails to make reasonable efforts to stop the activity.
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The business was also linked to a fatal crash along North Zaragoza earlier this year.
Among the steps the business must take are: retain a security guard or security company that is bonded in the State of Texas; require staff to complete Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission seller-server training within 20 days of resuming operations; actively cooperate with law enforcement; adopt and enforce a “strict policy prohibiting” employees or contractors from interfering with law enforcement; removing any customers who engage in unlawful conduct; fire any employee who is involved in illegal activity; prohibit known gangs or gang colors; require ID checks for all patrons before alcohol is served; and enforce the City of El Paso’s no-smoking ordinance…