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Town of Denton, MD
Caroline County
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A. 
Other than during a performance in accordance with Subsection B herein, it shall be unlawful for any person, including patrons and visitors, at or in any adult-oriented business to perform, work, dance, or appear in any state, condition, or appearance of nudity or partial nudity.
B. 
When performing an artistic or expressive dance, performance, display, or exercise, an employee, agent, independent contractor, performer, dancer, or showperson at or in the employ of an adult-oriented business where such performances are customarily given may appear, while performing, in a state or condition of partial nudity.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person on, in, or about the interior or exterior of an adult-oriented business, while in any state, condition, or appearance of nudity or partial nudity, or while performing or engaging in an artistic or expressive dance, performance, display or exercise, to be, at any time, within a distance of six feet of any other person, whether or not such other person is an employee, agent, independent contractor, performer, dancer, or showperson at, or in the employ of, an adult-oriented business, or a customer, patron, or visitor of, at, or in any adult-oriented business. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, any form of person-to-person touching or contact, whether directly by actual physical touching or indirectly by the employment of any item or device.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person in, on, or about the interior or exterior of any adult-oriented business to touch, caress, fondle or stimulate, whether directly by actual physical touching or indirectly by the employment of any item or device, his or her own breasts, buttocks, anus, or genitals while in the view of any other person, or for purposes of sexual arousal, sexual stimulation, sexual excitement, or sexual gratification.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person in, on, or about the interior or exterior of any adult-oriented business to participate in, or encourage or allow another to participate in, any specified sexual activity.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person in, on, or about the interior or exterior of any adult-oriented business to expose or encourage or permit any person to expose the breasts, buttocks, anus, or genitals of another, including the person so encouraging or permitting, the person being encouraged or permitted, or any other person.
E. 
It shall be unlawful for an owner or operator of an adult-oriented business to encourage, allow, or permit any person in, on, or about the property, whether inside or outside of the adult-oriented business, to commit or participate in any of the acts prohibited under this section.
A. 
An adult-oriented business shall ensure that at least one employee is on duty at each management station required pursuant to this chapter at any time any not-on-duty employee or any customer, patron, or visitor is within the premises of the adult-oriented business.
B. 
An adult-oriented business shall ensure that all lighting required pursuant to this chapter and/or the Zoning Ordinance[1] is illuminated at any time any person other than an on-duty employee is within the premises.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 128, Zoning.
C. 
An adult-oriented business shall not allow or permit any condition or state to exist with respect to such business in violation of the requirements of this chapter, the Zoning Ordinance, or of any other provision of this Code.
D. 
An adult-oriented business:
(1) 
Shall have at least one management station in each building.
(2) 
Shall have an interior arranged or configured such that all areas of the interior of the building or structure open to the public (excluding restrooms) are visible by direct sight from a management station at all times and not visible merely by camera, mirror or other device.
(3) 
Shall be equipped with overhead or comparable lighting of sufficient intensity to light or illuminate all areas of the building or structure at an illumination of at least five footcandles measured at floor level.
(4) 
Shall have lighting illuminated in all places open or available to the public or any customer, patron, or visitor at any time any person other than an on-duty employee is in the building.
E. 
Adult-oriented businesses shall have a notice posted conspicuously at each entrance indicating that the establishment has adult-oriented materials or entertainment within it. Such notice may be combined with the notice required in § 30-14C.
F. 
Adult-oriented businesses shall have signs posted prohibiting loitering. The management of each adult-oriented business shall be responsible for enforcement of the "no loitering" policy.
G. 
No merchandise, material or performances depicting or containing any adult-oriented entertainment or material shall be visible from outside the adult-oriented business.
A. 
No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted on the premises of an adult-oriented business.
B. 
Mistake of age is not a defense to a violation of this section, unless the person under age 18 who was permitted on the premises exhibited to the operator or his agent or employee a draft card, driver's license, birth record, or other official or apparently official document purporting to show that the person was 18 years of age or over, and the person to whom that document was exhibited did not otherwise have reasonable cause to believe that the person seeking admittance was under 18 years old.
C. 
A notice shall be posted conspicuously at the entrance of any adult-oriented business indicating that no person under the age of 18 is permitted on the premises. Such notice may be combined with the notice required in § 30-13E.
It shall be unlawful for an adult-oriented business to be open for business or for the licensee or any employee of a licensee to allow patrons upon the licensed premises between 10:00 p.m. on any day and 8:00 a.m. of the following day, and before 6:00 p.m. on Sunday.