Pennsylvania- A Lehigh County judge on Friday rejected an attempt by Coopersburg to put an immediate halt to weekend sex parties at a borough strip club.

Judge Edward D. Reibman said he denied a request for a preliminary injunction so he also could hear from the owners of the Silhouette Showbar at 111 E. Station Ave., which hosts the Club Kama Sutra swingers parties.

The petition was prepared Thursday by the borough and submitted to the court Friday morning. But it was not given to the defendants, who include Coopersburg Holding Inc. and the principals of Club Kama Sutra.

Borough Manager Dan Stonehouse said the legal paperwork probably will be delivered over the weekend in anticipation of a court hearing next week.

The borough’s petition, Stonehouse said, claimed that the swingers club caused ”irreparable harm by operating in violation of the law” and that its continued operation would cause residents to ”question the effectiveness of their government, and the municipality will have problems enforcing other zoning matters.”

Stonehouse alleged that the swingers parties violated five sections of the borough’s zoning ordinance.

Club Kama Sutra hosted parties in a building on South Street in Philadelphia for five years until the city cited it for operating without a permit in November and forced it to close. The club moved to the Silhouette Showbar earlier this month and advertised a $60-per-couple cover charge for use of the strip club’s bar and 12 renovated rooms upstairs.

Only a handful of Club Kama Sutra members attended the first gathering on Sept. 2, but more than 30 couples took part in the most recent party last Saturday, according to a bar owner.

Borough officials had hoped to shut down tonight’s party, dubbed ”Back to School II” according the club’s Web site.

The bar owners said earlier this week that the building was zoned as a hotel bar/restaurant with adult entertainment, and claimed they were allowed to rent the rooms out to anyone.