Several gunshots were fired outside Blush Lounge on Calgary Trail on May 23. (CBC)

A south Edmonton nightclub that closed in May due to gun violence has to meet nine conditions imposed by the city's chief licensing officer before it can reopen.

The owners of Blush Lounge voluntarily shut the club down after shots were fired from a vehicle in the parking lot on May 23. It was the third time a gun was fired at the Calgary Trail club since February.

The nine conditions were recommended in a joint submission sent to Edmonton's chief licensing officer, Randy Kirillo, from the club's owners and the Public Safety Compliance Team, the city's nightclub watchdog.

"There is agreement that more stringent business practices, along with a commitment to re-brand, will make this establishment less popular to this emerging criminal clientele — which would most definitely be in the public’s interest," Kirillo wrote in his decision.

The nine conditions deal with staff hiring and training as well as security measures.

Customers will have to undergo a physical search for weapons and submit to a scan from a metal detector before they are allowed inside.

City shutting down problem nightclubs

The club will scan identification at the door as well as maintain a list of banned patrons.

New staff members will have to pass a criminal record check before they are hired, as well as have provincial certification and training to work as a server or a bouncer.

Security guards will also have to wear easily identifiable clothing.

Nicole Chapdelaine with the Public Safety Compliance Team said these measures should improve the clientele at the club and keep violent people away.

"They're just either going to find somewhere else to go or just not go anywhere at all. Which would be the hope," she said. "We don't want those types of patrons going into any of our clubs in the city."

In the past year, the city has become more aggressive in shutting down problem nightclubs.

In June, the city pulled the business license of Twilight Afterhours Club due to poor business practices and a string of violent incidents at the club, which included a fatal shooting of a man in February.

The owners of the troubled Gingur Sky Bar and Grill voluntarily turned in their business license in late March, after the city shut down the club for 14 days. The bar had been the scene of eight shootings since 2008.