Seattle- About two dozen dancers from Sugar’s Nightclub in Shoreline have been charged with violating a city ordinance requiring dancers to be four feet away from customers, a prosecutor said Friday.

Prosecutor Sarah Roberts filed the charges Tuesday in the city’s municipal court after police officers conducted undercover operations on Jan. 11 and Dec. 28. An arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 4.

Shoreline police arrested 18 people at the club during this month’s sting. Of that number, Roberts filed four-foot violation charges against 14 dancers, with two of them also cited for apparently making offers of prostitution. Two club supervisors, both women, face violations of failing to enforce the 4-foot rule, she added.

King County prosecutors are expected to handle the cases of two other women. One was arrested on a felony warrant for forgery. The other was picked up on suspicion of dealing marijuana, Roberts said.

The charges follow last week’s filing of a federal lawsuit in Seattle against the city by the club’s owner, a manager and former dancer.

That lawsuit accuses police of harassing and terrorizing employees during the sting operations. They are asking for unspecified financial damages and for the arrests to be declared unconstitutional.

A spokesman for the Shoreline police has said officers had learned of possible violations and investigated.

Almost all the charges are misdemeanors, which carry a maximum sentence of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, Roberts said.