[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 1, 1-8-2002]
For the purposes of this Article and unless the content plainly
requires otherwise, the following definitions are adopted.
ADULT BUSINESS
Any business enterprise:
1.
That has as a regular and substantial business purpose the sale,
display or rental of goods that are designed for use in connection
with specified sexual activities or that emphasize matters depicting,
describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified
anatomical areas, or
2.
That has one (1) of the following as a regular and substantial
business purposes:
a.
The providing of entertainment where the emphasis is on performances,
live or otherwise, that depict, portray, exhibit or display specified
anatomical areas or specified sexual activities, or
b.
The providing of services that provide specified sexual activities
or specified anatomical areas ancillary to other pursuits or allow
participation in specified sexual activities ancillary to other pursuits.
3.
The definition of "adult business" also includes,
but is not limited to, any and all of the following as defined herein:
a.
Businesses that offer the following described goods for sale
or rent:
(1)
Adult Retail Establishments: An establishment
which as a regular and substantial business purpose offers for sale
or rent any one (1) or more of the following: instruments, devices,
gifts or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with
specified sexual activities or clothing that graphically depicts specified
anatomical areas or any of the materials sold or rented in an adult
bookstore as defined herein.
(2)
Adult Bookstore: An establishment which as
a regular and substantial business purpose offers for sale or rent
books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, photographs,
slides, films or videotapes which are distinguished or characterized
by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
(3)
Adult Media Outlet: An establishment that has
as a regular and substantial business purpose the rental, sale or
offering for viewing off the premises or other use of any adult media.
(4)
Adult News Rack: Any coin- or card-operated
device that offers for sale by dispensing printed material which is
distinguished or characterized by its emphasis on matter depicting,
describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified
anatomical areas.
(5)
Adult Newsstand: A freestanding structure,
vehicle or booth which as a regular and substantial business purpose
offers for sale books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter
which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter
depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or
specified anatomical areas.
b.
Businesses that provide the following entertainment:
(1)
Adult Entertainment Business: Any enterprise
to which the public, patrons or members are invited or admitted and
where providing adult entertainment, as defined herein, is a regular
and substantial portion of its business.
(2)
Adult Motion Picture Theater: An establishment
containing a room with seats facing a screen or projection areas where
a regular and substantial portion of its business is the exhibition
to customers of films, videotapes or motion pictures which are intended
to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customers
and which are distinguished by or characterized by an emphasis on
matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities
or specified anatomical areas.
(3)
Adult Theater: An establishment located in
an enclosed building where a regular and substantial portion of its
business is providing the live performance of activities relating
to specified sexual activities or exhibition of specified anatomical
areas or live performers for observation by customers and patrons.
(4)
Adult Entertainment Cabaret: An establishment
where a regular and substantial portion of its business is providing
adult entertainment which features strippers, male or female impersonators,
go-go dancers or live performances; or material which is primarily
characterized by an emphasis on specified sexual activities or specified
anatomical areas.
(5)
Adult Entertainment Studio: Includes the terms
rap studio, exotic dance studio, sensitivity studio or encounter studio
and means an establishment whose premises is physically arranged as
to provide booths, cubicles, rooms, compartments or stalls separate
from the common areas of the premises and where a regular and substantial
portion of its business is providing entertainment which features
materials or live performances characterized by an emphasis on or
features materials relating to specified sexual activities or the
exhibition of specified anatomical areas.
(6)
Adult Encounter Parlor: An establishment where
a regular and substantial portion of its business is the provision
of premises where customers congregate, associate or consort with
employees and/or performers or private contractors who display specified
anatomical areas in the presence of such customers with the intent
of providing sexual gratification or stimulation to such customers.
(7)
Body Painting Studio: An establishment where
a regular and substantial portion of its business is the maintaining,
operating or offering for compensation the applying of paint or other
substance to or on the human body by any means of application, technique
or process when the subject's body is displaying for the customer's
view specified anatomical areas.
c.
Businesses that provide the following described services:
(1)
Bathhouse: An enterprise where a regular and
substantial portion of its business is offering baths with other persons
present who are nude or displaying specified anatomical areas.
(2)
Adult Motel: An enterprise where a regular
and substantial portion of its business is offering public accommodations
for consideration for the purpose of viewing closed circuit television
transmissions, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or
other photographic reproductions which are distinguished or characterized
by an emphasis on the depiction or description of specified sexual
activities or specified anatomical areas and rents room accommodations
for less than six (6) hours at a time.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
Any live exhibition, performance, display or dance of any
type including, but not limited to, talking singing, reading, listening,
posing, serving food or beverages, soliciting for the sale of food,
beverages or entertainment, pantomiming, modeling, removal of clothing
or any service offered for amusement on a premises where such exhibition,
performance, display or dance is intended to seek to arouse or excite
the sexual desires of the entertainer, other entertainers or patrons
or if the entertainment involves a person who is nude or in such attire,
costume or clothing as to expose to view any portion of the human
genitals, pubic region, vulva, pubic hair, buttocks, female breast
or breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola or
nipple or the human male genitals in a discernibly erect state, even
if completely and opaquely covered.
EMPLOYEE
Any and all persons, including managers, entertainers and
independent contractors who work in or at or render any services directly
related to the operation of an adult business.
ENTERTAINER
Any person who provides adult entertainment within an adult
entertainment business as defined in this Section, whether or not
a fee is charged or accepted for entertainment.
MANAGER
Any person who manages, directs, administers or is in charge
of the affairs and/or conduct of any portion of any activity at an
adult business.
OPERATOR
Any person operating, conducting or maintaining an adult
business.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, incorporated
or unincorporated association, martial community, joint venture, governmental
entity or other entity or group of persons however organized.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any area generally visible to public view and includes streets,
sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, parking lots
and automobiles whether moving or not.
SERVER
Any person who serves food or drink at an adult business.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS
1.
Uncovered or exposed human genitals, pubic region or pubic hair;
or buttock; or female breast or breasts below a point immediately
above the top of the areola encircling the nipple or any combination
of the foregoing, or
2.
Human male genitals in a discernibly erect state, even if completely
and opaquely covered.
SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
Sexual conduct, being actual or simulated, acts of human
masturbation; sexual intercourse; or physical contact, in an act of
apparent sexual stimulation or gratification, with a person's clothed
or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or the breast of a female;
or any sadomasochistic abuse or acts including animals or any latent
objects in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification.
SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS PURPOSE
1.
Thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the gross floor space
is devoted to that purpose; or
2.
Thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the retail floor space
is devoted to that purpose; or
3.
Thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the gross sales of the
business are derived from that purpose.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 2, 1-8-2002]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or maintain an adult
business in the City unless the owner, operator or lessee thereof
has obtained an adult business license from the City or to operate
such business after such license has been revoked or suspended by
the City.
B. It is unlawful for any entertainer, server, employee, manager, operator
or owner to knowingly perform any work, service or entertainment directly
related to the operation of an unlicensed adult business.
C. It shall be prima facia evidence that any adult business that fails
to have posted an adult business license, in the manner required by
this Article, has not obtained such a license. In addition, it shall
be prima facia evidence that any entertainer, server, employee, manager,
operator or owner who performs any business, service or entertainment
in an adult business, in which an adult business license is not posted,
in the manner required by this Chapter, had knowledge that such business
was not licensed.
D. Any business enterprise that sells or rents goods that are designed
for use in connection with specified sexual activities or that emphasize
matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities
or specified anatomical areas and that excludes minors by virtue of
age from all or any part of the business premises shall be deemed
to have consented to periodic entry into and inspection of the business
premises by appropriate City Officials and inspection by those officials
of only those business records necessary for the limited purpose of
determining whether such business enterprise is an adult business
as defined in this Section. This entry and inspection shall take place
during hours when such adult business is open to the public, unless
otherwise requested by the adult business, and shall not unreasonably
interfere with the conduct of such business.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 3, 1-8-2002]
It is unlawful for any person to work as an entertainer, server
or manager at an adult business without first obtaining a license
to do so from the City or to work as an entertainer, server or manager
at an adult business after such person's license to do so has been
revoked or suspended.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 4, 1-8-2002]
A. The license year for all fees required under this Article shall be
from each July first (1st) through June thirtieth (30th). The application
for a license shall be accompanied by payment in full of the fee stated
in this Article by certified or cashier's check or money order; and
no application shall be considered complete until each fee is paid.
B. All licenses shall be issued for a specific location and shall be
non-refundable and non-transferable.
C. The classification of licenses and fees for each shall be as follows:
1. Adult business license fee is one thousand dollars ($1000.00) per
year;
2. Manager's license fee is one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year;
3. Entertainer's license fee is one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year;
4. Server's license fee is one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 5, 1-8-2002]
All adult business licenses shall be issued only fox the one
(1) adult business use listed on the application. Any change in the
type of adult use shall invalidate the adult business license.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 6, 1-8-2002]
A. Adult Business License. All persons desiring to
secure a license to operate an adult business under the provisions
of this Article shall make a notarized application with the City Clerk.
All applications sell be submitted in the name of the person proposing
to conduct or operate the adult business. All applications shall be
submitted on a form supplied by the City Clerk and shall require the
following information:
1. The name, residence address, home telephone number, occupation, date
and place of birth and Social Security number of the applicant.
2. The name of the adult business, a description of the type of business
to be performed on the licensed premises, and the name of the owner
of the premises where the adult business will be located.
3. The names, residence addresses, Social Security numbers and dates
of births of all partners, if the applicant is a partnership; and
if the applicant is a corporation, the same information for all corporate
officers and directors and stockholders who own ten percent (10%)
or greater interest in the corporation.
4. The residence addresses of the applicant or of all partners or of
all corporate officers and directors for the five (5) years immediately
prior to the date of application.
5. A description of the adult business history of the applicant or of
the partnership and all partners or of the corporation and all corporate
officers and directors.
6. A statement from the applicant or from all partners or from all such
corporate officers and directors, whether any such person or entity,
in previously operating in this or another City, County or State,
has had a business license of any type revoked or suspended and, if
so, the reason therefor and the activity or occupation subjected to
such action, suspension or revocation.
7. A statement of the business, occupation or employment of the applicant
or of all partners or of all corporate officers and directors for
the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of the application.
8. A statement from the applicant or from each partner or from each
corporate officer and director that each such person has not been
convicted of, released from confinement for conviction of or diverted
from prosecution on:
a. Any felony within five (5) years immediately preceding the application,
or
b. A misdemeanor criminal act within two (2) years immediately preceding
the application, where such felony or misdemeanor involved sexual
offenses, prostitution, promotion of prostitution, indecent exposure,
sexual abuse of a child or pornography and related offenses as defined
in the Missouri Criminal Code or involved controlled substances or
illegal drugs or narcotics offenses as defined in the Missouri Controlled
Substances Act or other Statutes of the State of Missouri or ordinances
of the City.
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The statement shall also indicate that the applicant, each partner
and each corporate officer and director has not been convicted of
a municipal ordinance violation or diverted from prosecution on a
municipal ordinance violation within two (2) years immediately preceding
the application where such municipal ordinance violation involved
sexual offenses, indecent exposure, prostitution or sale of controlled
substances or illegal drugs or narcotics.
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9. On applications requesting a license to operate a bathhouse or body
painting studio, the applicant shall provide for each person working
on the premises a health certificate from a duly licensed Missouri
physician stating that within ninety (90) days prior thereto, the
applicant and all other persons working on the premises have been
examined and found free of any contagious or communicable disease
as defined herein.
10. A full set of fingerprints and a photograph, to be taken by the Police
Department, of the applicant or of all partners if the applicant is
a partnership or of all such corporate officers and directors if the
applicant is a corporation.
11. If the applicant is a corporation, a current certificate of registration
issued by the Missouri Secretary of State.
12. A statement signed under oath that the applicant has personal knowledge
of the information contained in the application and that the information
contained therein is true and correct and that the a applicant has
read the provisions of this Article regulating adult businesses. Failure
to provide the information and documentation required by this Subsection
shall constitute an incomplete application which shall not be processed.
B. Manager, Server Or Entertainer License. All persons
desiring to secure a license under the provisions of this Article
to be a manager, server or entertainer shall make a notarized application
with the City Clerk. All applications shall be submitted in the name
of the person proposing to be a manager, server or entertainer. All
applications shall be submitted on a form supplied by the City Clerk
and shall require the following information:
1. The applicant's name, home address, home telephone number, date and
place of birth, Social Security number, and any stage names or nicknames
used in entertaining or at the business.
2. The name and address of each adult business where the applicant intends
to work as a manager, server or entertainer and an intent to hire
statement from an adult business that is licensed or that has applied
for a license, under the provisions of this Article, indicating the
adult business intends to hire the applicant to manage, serve or entertain
on the premises. Failure to provide an intent to hire statement shall
not invalidate the application.
3. A statement from the applicant that the applicant has not been convicted
of, released from confinement for conviction of, or diverted from
prosecution on:
a. A felony within five (5) years immediately preceding the application,
or
b. A misdemeanor within, two (2) years immediately preceding the application,
where such felony or misdemeanor involved sexual offenses, prostitution,
promotion of prostitution, indecent exposure, sexual abuse of a child
or pornography and related offenses as defined in the Missouri Criminal
Code or involved controlled substances or illegal drugs or narcotics
offenses as defined in the Missouri Controlled Substances Act or other
Statutes of the State of Missouri or ordinances of the City.
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The statement shall also indicate that the applicant has not
been convicted of a municipal ordinance violation or diverted from
prosecution on a municipal ordinance violation within two (2) yews
immediately preceding the application where such municipal ordinance
violation involved sexual offenses, indecent exposure, prostitution
or sale of controlled substances or illegal drugs or narcotics.
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4. A full set of fingerprints and a photograph of the applicant to be
taken by the Public Safety Department.
5. The applicant shall present to the City Clerk who shall copy documentation
that the applicant has attained the age of eighteen (18) years at
the time the application is submitted. Any of the following shall
be accepted as documentation of age:
a. A valid motor vehicle operator's license issued by any State bearing
this applicant's photograph and date of birth;
b. A State-issued identification card bearing the applicant's photograph
and date of birth;
c. An official and valid passport issued by the United States of America;
d. An immigration card issued by the United States of America;
e. Any other form of picture identification issued by a governmental
entity that is deemed reliable by the City Clerk; or
f. Any other form of identification deemed reliable by the City Clerk.
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Failure to provide the information required by this Subsection
shall constitute an incomplete application and shall not be processed.
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C. Facilities Necessary. No adult business license
to conduct a bathhouse or body painting studio shall be issued unless
an inspection by the Director, Lafayette County Health Department
or his/her authorized representative reveals that the premises the
applicant intends to conduct business from complies with each of the
following minimum requirements:
1. The walls shall be clean and painted with washable, mold-resistant
paint in all rooms where water or steam baths are given. Floors shall
be free from any accumulation of dust, dirt or refuse. All equipment
used in the business's operation shall be maintained in a clean and
sanitary condition. Towels, linen and items for personal use of operators
and patrons shall be clean and freshly laundered. Towels, cloths and
sheets shall not be used for more than one (1) patron. Heavy, white
paper may be substituted for sheets provided that such paper is changed
for every patron. No service or practice shall be carried on within
any cubicle, room, booth or any area within any permitted establishment
which is fitted with a door capable of being locked.
2. Toilet facilities shall be provided in convenient locations. When
five (5) or more employees and patrons of different sexes are on the
premises at the same time, separate toilet facilities shall be provided.
A single water closet per sex shall be provided for each twenty (20)
or more employees or patrons of that sex on the premises at any one
(1) time. Urinals may be substituted for water closets after one (1)
water closet has been provided. Toilets shall be designated as to
the sex accommodated therein.
3. Lavatories or wash basins provided with both hot and cold running
water shall be installed in either the toilet room or a vestibule.
Lavatories or wash basins shall be provided with soap in a dispenser
and with sanitary towels.
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The Director, Lafayette County Health Department or his/her
representative shall certify that the proposed business establishment
complies with all of the requirements of this Article and shall give
or send such certification to the City Clerk. Provided however, that
nothing contained herein shall be construed to eliminate other requirements
of Statute or ordinance concerning the maintenance of premises, nor
to preclude authorized inspection thereof. The appropriate City Official
may recommend the issuance of a license contingent upon the compliance
with any requirements in this Section.
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D. Application Processing.
1. Upon receipt of a complete application for an adult business, manager,
server or entertainer license, the City Clerk shall immediately transmit
one (1) copy of the application to the Police Department for investigation
of the application. In addition, the City Clerk shall transmit a copy
of the application to the Building Official.
2. It shall be the duty of the Police Chief or his/her designee to investigate
such application to determine whether the information contained in
the application is accurate and whether the applicant is qualified
to be issued the license applied for. The Police Chief shall report
the results of the investigation to the City Clerk not later than
ten (10) working days from the date the application is received by
the City Clerk.
3. It shall be the duty of the Building Official to determine whether
the structure where the adult business will be conducted complies
with the requirements and meets the standards of the applicable health,
zoning, building code, fire and property maintenance ordinances of
the City. The Building Official shall report the results of the investigation
to the City Clerk not later than ten (10) working days from the date
the application is received by the City Clerk.
4. Upon receipt of the reports from the Police Chief and Building Official,
the City Clerk shall consider the license application for an adult
business, manager, server or entertainer which shall be approved or
disapproved within forty-five (45) days from the date.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 7, 1-8-2002]
A. If the application for an adult business, manager, server or entertainer license is in proper form and accompanied by the appropriate license fee, the City Clerk shall examine the applications and after such examination, the City Clerk shall, if the applicant is qualified, approve a license as provided for by law, provided a license shall not be approved to any person ineligible pursuant to Section
13-38.
B. The record of the City Clerk shall show the action taken on the application
and if the license is granted, the City Clerk shall issue the proper
license. The license shall state that it is not transferable to other
persons or entities and the calendar year for which it is issued.
The license shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in the place
of business that is licensed or where the licensee is working.
C. If an application for a license is disapproved, the applicant shall
be immediately notified by registered or certified mail to the applicant's
last known address and the notification shall state the basis for
such disapproval. Any applicant aggrieved by the disapproval of a
license application may seek judicial review in a manner provided
by law.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 8, 1-8-2002]
No person is eligible nor shall a license be issued to:
1. An adult business applicant if one (1) or more of the following conditions
exist:
a. The applicant's premises is located within one thousand (1,000) feet
of any school, church, public park, licensed child care center or
licensed child care home. Measurements shall be made in a straight
line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the
nearest point on the property line of the applicant's business to
the nearest point on the property line of such school, church, public
park, licensed day care center or licensed child care home.
b. The applicant's premises is located within one thousand (1,000) feet
of any other adult business for which there is a license issued. Measurements
shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures
or objects, from the nearest point on the property line of the applicant's
business to the nearest point on the property line of such other adult
business.
c. The applicant's premises is located within one hundred fifty (150)
feet of any residentially zoned property. Measurements shall be made
in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects,
from the nearest point on the property line of the applicant's business
to the nearest point on the property line of the residentially zoned
property.
d. In the case of an application for an adult business license for a
business use defined in Section 13-31(A) Subsection (3)(b) of the
definition of "ADULT BUSINESS" or Section 13-31(A)
Subsection (3)(c) of the definition of "ADULT BUSINESS" described as adult entertainment business, adult motion picture
theater, adult entertainment cabaret, adult entertainment studio,
adult encounter parlor, body painting studio, bath house or adult
motel, the applicant's premises is located within three hundred (300)
feet of any residentially zoned property. Measurements shall be made
in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects,
from the nearest point on the property line of the applicant's business
to the nearest point on the property line of the residentially zoned
property.
e. The applicant failed to supply all of the information requested on
the application.
f. The applicant gave materially false, fraudulent or untruthful information
on the application.
g. The applicant's proposed business premises does not comply with or
meet the requirements of the applicable health, zoning, building code,
fire and property maintenance ordinances of the City, provided that
upon a showing that the premises meets said requirements and that
the applicant is otherwise qualified, the application shall be eligible
for reconsideration by the City Clerk.
h. The applicant has been convicted, released from incarceration for conviction, or diverted on any of the crimes set forth in Section
13-36 of this Article during the time period set forth in said Section.
i. The applicant has had an adult business or comparable license revoked
or suspended in this or any other City during the past five (5) years.
j. If the applicant is applying for a license to operate a bathhouse
or body painting studio and has not produced a health certificate
as required herein for all persons working on the premises.
2. An applicant for a manager, server or entertainer if one (1) or more
of the following conditions exist:
a. The employer for whom the applicant intends to work does not have
or is ineligible to receive an adult business license for any of the
reasons stated in Subsection (1) above;
b. The applicant has been convicted, released from incarceration for conviction, or diverted on any of the crimes set forth in Section
13-36 of this Article during the time period set forth in said Section;
c. The applicant failed to provide all of the information required on
the application;
d. The applicant gave materially false, fraudulent or untruthful information
on the application;
e. The applicant has had a manager, server, entertainer or comparable
license revoked or suspended in this or any other City during the
past five (5) years.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 9, 1-8-2002]
The following standards of conduct shall be adhered to by all
adult business licensees, their employees and all managers, servers
and entertainers and patrons of adult businesses while on or about
the premises of the business:
1. Identification cards. All or any manager, server
or entertainer issued a license by the City under the provisions of
this Article shall, at all times when working in an establishment
subject to the provisions of this Article, have in their possession
a valid identification card issued by the City bearing the permit
number, the employee's physical description and a photograph of such
employee. Such identification cards shall be laminated to prevent
alteration.
2. Age restriction. Only persons eighteen (18) years
of age or older shall be permitted on the premises of any adult business.
3. Exterior observation and display. No adult business
will be conducted in any manner that permits the observation or display
of performers, servers or entertainers engaged in an erotic depiction
or dance or any material or persons, caricatures, animals or any portion
thereof depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities
or specified anatomical areas, as defined herein, or any books, cards,
magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, photographs, slides,
films, motion pictures or videotapes which are distinguished or characterized
by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas from any exterior
source including, but not limited to, by display, decoration, sign,
show window or other opening.
4. Nudity prohibited. No manager, employee, server,
entertainer or patron in an adult business, other than a licensed
bathhouse, shall appear nude, unclothed, in less than opaque attire
or in any fashion that exposes to view any specified anatomical area.
5. Certain acts prohibited.
a. No manager, employee, server, entertainer or patron shall perform
any specified sexual activities as defined herein, wear or use any
device or covering exposed to view which simulates any specified anatomical
area, use artificial devices or inanimate objects to perform or depict
any of the specified sexual activities as defined herein or participate
in any act of prostitution.
b. No manager, employee, server, entertainer or patron of an adult business
shall knowingly touch, fondle or caress any specified anatomical area
of another person or knowingly permit another person to touch, fondle
or caress any specified anatomical area of such manager, employee,
server, entertainer or patron, whether such specified anatomical areas
are clothed, unclothed, covered or exposed.
c. No manager, employee, server or entertainer of an adult business
shall be visible from the exterior of the adult business while such
person is unclothed or in such attire, costume or clothing as to expose
to view any specified anatomical area.
d. No entertainer shall solicit, demand or receive any payment or gratuity
from any patron or customer for any act prohibited by this Article
and no entertainer shall receive any payment or gratuity from any
customer for any entertainment except as follows:
(1)
While such entertainer is on the stage or platform, a customer
or patron may place such payment or gratuity into a box affixed to
the stage, or
(2)
While such entertainer is not on the stage or platform and is
clothed so as to not expose to view any specified anatomical area,
a customer or patron may either place such payment or gratuity into
the entertainer's hand or under a leg garter worn by such entertainer
at least four (4) inches below the bottom of the pubic region.
e. No owner, operator, manager or other person in charge of the premises
of an adult premises shall:
(1)
Knowingly permit alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverages to
be brought upon or consumed on the premises (unless otherwise permitted
pursuant to the City Code);
(2)
Knowingly allow or permit the sale, distribution, delivery or
consumption of any controlled substance or illegal drug or narcotic
on the premises;
(3)
Knowingly allow or permit any person under the age of eighteen
(18) years of age to be in or upon the premises;
(4)
Knowingly allow or permit any act of prostitution or patronizing
prostitution on the premises; or
(5)
Knowingly allow or permit a violation of this Article or any
other City ordinance provision or State law.
6. Signs required. All adult businesses shall have
conspicuously displayed in the common area at the principal entrance
to the premises a sign, on which uppercase letters shall be at least
two (2) inches high and lowercase letters at least one (1) inch high,
which shall read as follows:
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This Adult Business is Regulated and Licensed by The City
of Lexington Entertainers Are:
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Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct or prostitution
on the premises or to fondle, caress or touch the breasts, pubic region,
buttocks or genitals of any employee, patron or other entertainer
or to permit any employee, patron or other entertainer to fondle,
caress or touch the breasts, pubic region, buttocks or genitals of
said entertainer.
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Not permitted to be nude, unclothed or in less than opaque attire,
costume or clothing so as to expose to view any portion of the breasts
below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, buttocks
and/or genitals.
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Not permitted to demand or collect any payment or gratuity from
any customer for entertainment, except as follows:
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While such entertainer is on the stage, by placing such payment
or gratuity into a box affixed to the stage, or
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While such entertainer is not on the stage, by either placing
such payment or gratuity into the entertainer's hand or under the
entertainer's leg garter.
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Customers Are:
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Not permitted to be upon the stage at any time.
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Not permitted to touch, caress or fondle the breasts, pubic
region, buttocks or genitals of any employee, server or entertainer
or engage in solicitation for prostitution.
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7. Lighting required. The premises of all adult businesses
shall be equipped with overhead lighting of sufficient intensity to
illuminate every place to which customers are permitted access at
an illumination of not less than one (1) foot-candle as measured at
the floor level and such illumination must be maintained at all times
that any customers or patron is present in or on the premises.
8. Closed booths or rooms prohibited. The premises
of all adult businesses shall be physically arranged in such manner
that the entire interior portions of any booths, cubicles, rooms or
stalls is visible from a common area of the premises. Visibility shall
not be blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, drapes or any other
obstruction whatsoever.
9. Ventilation and sanitation requirements. The premises
of all adult businesses shall be kept in a sanitary condition. Separate
dressing rooms and restrooms for men and women shall at all times
be maintained and kept in a sanitary condition.
10. Hours of operation. No adult business maybe open
or in use between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. on any day
other than a Sunday when the business may not be open between the
hours of 2:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 10, 1-8-2002]
A. Every person, corporation, partnership or association licensed under
this Article as an adult business shall post such license in a conspicuous
place and manner on the adult business premises.
B. Every person holding a server, manager or entertainer license shall
post his or her license in his or her work area on the adult business
premises so it shall be readily available for inspection by City authorities
responsible for enforcement of this Article.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 11, 1-8-2002]
A. A manager shall be on duty at any adult business at all times the
premises is open for business. The name of the manager on duty shall
be prominently posted during business hours.
B. It shall be the responsibility of the manager to verify that any
person who provides adult entertainment or works as a server within
the premises possesses a current and valid adult entertainer's license
or an adult entertainment server's license and that such licenses
are prominently posted.
C. It shall be the responsibility of the manager to insure persons under
the age of eighteen (18) do not enter upon the premises.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 12, 1-8-2002]
All adult businesses shall permit representatives of the Police
Department or any other City Official acting in their official capacity
to inspect the premises as necessary to insure the business is complying
with all applicable regulations and laws.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 13, 1-8-2002]
Whenever the City Clerk has information that:
1. The owner or operator of an adult business or a holder of a manager,
server or entertainer license has violated or knowingly allowed or
permitted the violation of any of the provisions of this Article;
2. There have been recurrent violations of provisions of this Article
that have occurred under such circumstances that the owner or operator
of an adult business knew or should have known that such violations
were committed;
3. The adult business license or the manager, server or entertainer
license was obtained through false statements in the application for
such license or renewal thereof;
4. The adult business licensee or the manager, server or entertainer
licensee failed to make a complete disclosure of all information in
the application for such license or renewal thereof;
5. The owner or operator or any partner or any corporate officer or director holding an adult business license has become disqualified from having a license by a conviction as provided in Section
13-38;
6. The holder of a manager, server or entertainer license has become disqualified from having a license by a conviction as provided in Section
13-38;
then the City Clerk shall make this information known to the
Lexington City Council which upon five (5) days' written notice to
the person holding the license shall conduct a public hearing to determine
whether the license should be suspended or revoked. The Lexington
City Council may pass a resolution setting forth the procedures for
the conduct of such hearings. Based on the evidence produced at the
hearing, the Lexington City Council may take any of the following
actions:
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a. Suspend the license for up to ninety (90) days.
b. Revoke the license for the remainder of the license year.
c. Place the license holder on administrative probation for a period
of up to one (1) year, on the condition that no further violations
of the Article occur during the period of probation. If a further
violation does occur and after a hearing the additional violation
is determined to have actually occurred, the license will be revoked
for the remainder of the license year.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 14, 1-8-2002]
A. A license may be renewed by making application to the City Clerk
on application forms provided for that purpose. Licenses shall expire
on June thirtieth (30th) of each calendar year and renewal applications
for such licenses shall be submitted between June fifteenth (15th)
and June thirtieth (30th).
B. Upon timely application and review as provided for a new license,
a license issued under the provisions of this Article shall be renewed
by issuance of a new license in the manner provided in this Article.
C. If the application for renewal of a license is not made during the
time provided in Subsection (A) of this Article, the expiration of
such license shall not be affected and a new application shall be
required.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 15, 1-8-2002]
Following the entry of an order by the Lexington City Council
suspending or revoking a license issued pursuant to this Article or
the City Clerk disapproving the renewal application for a license,
such licensee or applicant may seek judicial review in a manner provided
by law. The Lexington City Council may stay enforcement of such order
for a period of time not to exceed thirty (30) days pending the filing
and/or final disposition of proceedings for judicial review.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 16, 1-8-2002]
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions
of this Article. Upon conviction thereof, such person shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be punished
by incarceration for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by
both such fine and incarceration. Each day's violation of or failure,
refusal or neglect to comply with any provision of this Article shall
constitute a separate and distinct offense.
[Ord. No. 2002-03 § 17, 1-8-2002]
The City Clerk shall have the power to promulgate regulations
as may be necessary and feasible for the carrying out of the duties
of his/her office and which are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Article.