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City of Lancaster, WI
Grant County
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A. 
Each adult entertainment establishment shall, regardless of whether it is licensed, observe the following general requirements:
(1) 
Conform to all applicable building statutes, ordinances, and regulations, whether federal, state or local;
(2) 
Conform to all applicable fire statutes, ordinances, and regulations, whether federal, state or local;
(3) 
Conform to all applicable health statutes, ordinances, and regulations, whether federal, state or local;
(4) 
Conform to all applicable zoning regulations and land use laws, whether state or local;
(5) 
Keep the adult entertainment license posted in a conspicuous place at the establishment at all times, which license shall be available for inspection upon request at all times by the public; and
(6) 
Opaquely cover each non-opaque area through which a person outside the establishment may otherwise see inside the establishment, except as otherwise provided by law.
B. 
This chapter, particularly the enforcement provisions, shall not be construed to supersede the other powers and duties of the departments listed in § 135-16. The independent powers of the departments shall not be limited by this chapter.
A. 
Adult theater. In addition to the general requirements for an adult entertainment establishment, an adult theater shall, regardless of whether it is licensed, observe the following special requirements:
(1) 
If the adult theater contains a hall or auditorium area, the area shall comply with each of the following provisions:
(a) 
Have individual or separate seats, not couches, benches, beds or the like, to accommodate the maximum number of persons who may occupy the area;
(b) 
Have a continuous main aisle along side of the seating areas in order that each person seated in the areas shall be visible from the aisle at all times;
(c) 
Have a sign posted in a conspicuous place at or near each entrance way to the hall or auditorium area which lists the maximum number of persons who may occupy the hall or auditorium area, which number shall not exceed the number of seats within the hall or auditorium area;
(d) 
Post an AIDS information sign on the side of the door that opens and allows patrons to enter the theater; and
(e) 
Provide and display to the public, at a place near the main entrance of the establishment, information, brochures or pamphlets available from the Grant County Health Department that deal with AIDS or communicable diseases.
(2) 
If the adult theater contains adult booths, each adult booth shall comply with each of the following provisions:
(a) 
Have a sign posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance way which states that only one person may occupy the booth;
(b) 
Have a permanently open entrance way for each booth not less than three feet two inches wide and not less than seven feet high, which will never be closed or partially closed by any curtain, door or other partition which would be capable of wholly or partially obscuring any person situated in the booth; no curtains, doors or other partitions shall be affixed, attached or connected to the permanently open entrance way of any booth;
(c) 
Have one individual seat, not a couch, bench or the like;
(d) 
Have a continuous main aisle along beside the booth in order that each person situated in the booth shall be visible from the aisle at all times;
(e) 
Have, except for the open entrance way for each, for each booth walls or partitions of solid construction without any holes or openings in such walls or partitions;
(f) 
Post an AIDS information sign at the open entrance way to the adult booths; and
(g) 
Provide and display to the public, at a place near the main entrance of the establishment, information, brochures or pamphlets available from the Grant County Health Department that deal with AIDS or communicable diseases.
(3) 
If the adult theater is designed to permit outdoor viewing by a person(s) seated in automobiles, it shall have the motion picture screen so situated and the perimeter of the establishment so fenced or screened that the adult material to be seen by those persons may not be seen from any public right-of-way or from surrounding properties.
B. 
Adult dancing establishment. In addition to the general requirements for an adult entertainment establishment contained in §§ 135-24 and 135-26, an adult dancing establishment shall, regardless of whether it is licensed, observe the following special requirements:
(1) 
In adult entertainment establishments which do not sell, serve or allow the consumption of alcohol beverages, the exposure by any employee of human genitals, pubic region or cleavage of the human buttocks, or any other specified anatomical area defined in § 135-7 or any simulation thereof to public view shall be restricted to the stage required in Subsection B(2) below. Non-employees or patrons shall not be permitted closer than four feet to the stage edge when any employees expose those anatomical areas listed in this subsection.
(2) 
It shall have a stage provided for the display or exposure of human genitals, pubic region or cleavage of the human buttocks or any other specified anatomical area defined in § 135-7 by any employee to a person other than another employee consisting of a permanent platform (or other similar permanent structure) raised a minimum of 18 inches above the surrounding floor and encompassing an area of at least 100 square feet; and
(3) 
Any area in which a private performance occurs shall:
(a) 
Have a permanently open entrance way not less than seven feet wide and not less than seven feet high, which entrance way will never be closed or partially closed by any curtain, door or other partition which would be capable of wholly or partially obscuring any person situated in the area;
(b) 
Have a wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling partition of solid construction without any holes or openings which partition may be completely or partially transparent and which partition separates the employee from the person viewing the display; and
(c) 
Have, except for the entranceway, walls or partitions of solid construction without any holes or openings in such walls or partitions.
A. 
No person or employee shall expose to public view his or her human genitals, pubic region, cleavage of the human buttocks, or any simulation thereof in any establishment selling, serving or allowing the consumption of alcohol beverages.
B. 
No person maintaining, owning or operating an establishment serving alcohol beverages shall suffer or permit any person or employee to expose to public view his or her human genitals, pubic region, cleavage of the human buttocks, or simulation thereof within the establishment selling, serving or allowing the consumption of alcohol beverages.
C. 
No person maintaining, owning or operating an establishment serving alcohol beverages shall suffer or permit the exposure to public view of any human genitals, pubic region, or cleavage of the human buttocks, or the simulation thereof within the establishment selling, serving or allowing the consumption of alcohol beverages.
D. 
No person shall cause and no person maintaining, owning or operating an establishment serving alcohol beverages shall suffer or permit the exposition of any graphic representation, including pictures or projection of film, which depicts specified anatomical areas, engage in any specified sexual activities or any other sexual act prohibited by law, or any simulation thereof, within any establishment selling, serving or allowing the consumption of alcohol beverages.