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August of 1993, the corporate owner of Odell's nightclub applied for a permit to reopen Odell's as a restaurant and banquet hall with entertainment. But City Councilman Anthony J. Ambridge used legislation with the intent to slow the chances of Odell reopening suspecting that they were using it as a guise for a dance hall which wasn't permitted in that zone. "According to the post even if the club received the permit to reopen the residents were ready to file negative reports with the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals." The club's lawyers met for about an hour with city Circuit Judge Ellen L. Hollander after the hearing one of the club's lawyers, state Delegate Elijah E. Cummings, suggested that a compromise was possible. Cummings said, "We met in chambers, and there are some issues we're trying to work out. But I don't want to go into details." He added: "Hopefully, the door is open for us to do something. What form that will take, I really have no idea." Although the city revoked Odell's zoning permit to operate as a private club and has gone to court to close the establishment for non-compliance, the nightclub managed to stay open temporarily under the provisions of the court-approved agreements. Eventually the nightclub shut their doors at the end of August after the zoning board denied the club's application to stay open as a dance hall.