Seven Ultralounge to remain open

<p>The beat will go on at Seven Ultralounge.</p><p>Owners of the downtown Santa Rosa nightclub and the city reached an agreement Wednesday that will allow the once-troubled Seventh Street nightspot to remain open under operating conditions first imposed last November.</p><p>Assistant City Attorney Mike Casey announced the settlement just before an independent hearing officer was scheduled to consider options that ranged from letting it operate under its original operating conditions or shutting it down until the city's Planning commission could draw up a list of stricter measures.</p><p>The conditions actually were imposed last November when the city threatened to close the club due to hundreds of police calls regarding drunken brawls and noise complaints since the club opened in January 2006.</p><p>Casey said the new conditions have dramatically reduced problems.</p><p>The conditions require the owners to maintain a heavy security presence and to ban gang-related clothing and several hip-hop music styles including "hyphy, gangsta, dirty or hard-core" and any music promoting violence, misogyny or sexually explicit behavior.</p><p>-- Mike McCoy</p>