As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
EMPLOYEE
An escort whose name is furnished by an escort service, is
referred to a customer through an escort service, or is an agent,
employee, independent contractor, or volunteer for an escort service
shall be considered an employee of such service for the purposes of
this chapter.
ESCORT
Any person who, for consideration, accompanies or offers
to accompany another person to or about social affairs, entertainment
or places of amusement, consorts with another person about any place
of public resort or within any private quarters, or agrees to privately
model lingerie, perform a striptease, or perform in a nude or semi-nude
state for another person or persons.
ESCORT SERVICE
Any person who, for consideration, furnishes, offers to furnish,
advertises to furnish, or refers escorts.
IN CALL
Any agreement whereby an escort is provided on a premises
owned, leased, rented, or controlled by the escort or escort service.
PERSON
Any natural person, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation
or association, excepting the United States of America, the State
of Wisconsin, and any political subdivision thereof.
SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS
A.
Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic
region, buttock, and/or female breasts below a point immediately above
the top of the areola.
B.
Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely
and opaquely covered.
This chapter does not apply to businesses, agencies and persons
licensed by the State of Wisconsin or the Village pursuant to a specific
statute or ordinance, and employees employed by a business so licensed,
and which perform an escort or an escort service function as a service
merely incidental to the primary function of such profession, employment,
or business and which do not hold themselves out to the public as
an escort or an escort service.
A nonrefundable application fee and a license fee as set by the Village Board shall be submitted with the application for a license. See Chapter
225, Fees and Charges.
Whenever an application is denied, the Village Clerk-Treasurer
shall, within 14 days of the denial, advise the applicant in writing
of the reasons for such action. The applicant may appeal the decision
to a court of competent jurisdiction.
Chapter 68, Municipal Administrative Procedure, of the Wisconsin
Statutes shall not apply to the administrative process outlined above.