Kimberling City, MO Operations

[Ord. No. 512, 8-11-2021]

The following standards of conduct shall be adhered to by all adult entertainment business licensees, their employees and all adult entertainment business managers, servers and entertainers and patrons, of adult entertainment businesses, while on or about the premises of the business:

Age Restriction. Only persons eighteen (18) years of age or older shall be permitted on the premises of any adult entertainment business.

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.

Nudity Prohibited. No manager, employee, server, entertainer or patron in an adult business, other than a licensed bath house, shall appear nude, unclothed, in less than opaque attire or in any fashion that exposes to view any "specified anatomical area."

Certain Acts Prohibited.

No manager, employee, server or entertainer 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.

No manager, employee, server, entertainer or patron of an adult entertainment business shall knowingly touch, fondle or caress any specified anatomical area of another person, or knowingly touch, fondle or caress any specified anatomical area of such employee, server, entertainer or patron, whether such specified anatomical areas are clothed, unclothed, covered or exposed.

No manager, employee, server or entertainer of an adult entertainment business shall be visible from the exterior of the adult entertainment business while such person is unclothed or in such attire, costume or clothing as to expose to view any specified anatomical area.

No adult entertainer shall solicit, demand or receive any payment or gratuity from any patron or customer for any act prohibited by this Chapter and no adult 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.

No owner, operator, manager or other person in charge of the premises of an adult entertainment 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 Chapter 600, Alcoholic Beverages, of the Code of the City of Kimberling City);

(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 Chapter or any other City ordinance provision or State law.

Signs Required. All adult entertainment business shall have conspicuously displayed in the common area at the principal entrance to the premises a sign, or 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:

THIS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS IS REGULATED AND LICENSED BY THE CITY OF KIMBERLING CITY

ENTERTAINERS ARE:

*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.

*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, unless upon a stage at least two (2) feet above the customer floor and a sufficient distance from the customers to prevent the customers from touching the entertainers.

*Not permitted to demand or collect any payment or gratuity from any customer for entertainment, except as follows:

-While such entertainer is on the stage, by placing such payment or gratuity into a box affixed to the stage, or

-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.

CUSTOMERS ARE:

*Not permitted to be upon the stage at any time.

*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.

Lighting Required. The interior 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) footcandle as measured at the floor level, and such illumination must be maintained at all times that any customer or patron is present in or on the premises.

The exterior premises of all adult business shall be equipped with overhead lighting of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which customers are permitted access at an illumination equivalent to not less than one (1) footcandle in all parking areas and on the general grounds of the premises as measured at the ground level and there shall be illumination to the equivalent of not less than five (5) footcandles as measured at the ground level at each entrance and doorway area, and such illumination must be maintained at all times that any customer or patron is present on the premises.

Closed Booths Or Room Prohibited. The premises of all adult entertainment 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. The use of video cameras to meet this requirement is not allowed. Visibility shall not be blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, drapes or any other obstruction whatsoever. The manager shall be required to position himself/herself so as to be able to view the entire interior portion of the premises while on duty.

Only one (1) person shall be allowed in any booth, cubicle or stall at a time. Such booths, cubicles or stalls shall be constructed out of metal or such other material that is incapable of perforation by any customer, employee, entertainer, server or manager on the premises. Other than the entryways there shall be no openings, holes, access doors or any other manner of accessibility between any booth, cubicle, room or stall and any other booth, cubicle room or stall.

Ventilation And Sanitation Requirements. The premises of all adult entertainment 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.

Hours Of Operation. No adult businesses or adult entertainment businesses may be open or in use between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 10:00 A.M. on any day other than a Sunday when the business may not be open between the hours of 1:30 A.M. and 12:00 Noon.