It is the purpose of this article to regulate and license sexually oriented businesses in order to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizens of the city, and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the concentration of sexually oriented businesses within the city. The provisions of this article have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, including sexually oriented materials. Similarly, it is neither the intent nor effect of this article to restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented materials protected by the First Amendment, or to deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
The following definitions shall apply only to the business and licensing regulations specified in this article:
Adult arcade.
Any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically, electrically or mechanically controlled still or other image producing to five or fewer persons motion picture machines, projectors, devices are maintained to show images per machine at any one time and where the image is so displayed or distinguished or characterized by the depicting or describing of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Adult bookstore or adult video store.
A commercial establishment that as one of its principal business purposes offers for sale or rental for any form of consideration any one or more of the following:
(1) 
Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, videocassettes or video reproductions, slides, or other visual representations that depict or describe specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or
(2) 
Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia that are designed for use in connection with specified sexual activities.
Adult cabaret.
A nightclub, bar, restaurant, or similar commercial establishment that regularly features:
(1) 
Persons who appear in a state of nudity or semi-nudity, including topless dancers, nude dancers or strippers, male or female;
(2) 
Live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities; or
(3) 
Films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides, or other photographic reproductions that are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Adult motel.
A hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment that:
(1) 
Offers accommodations to the public for any from of consideration; provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides, or other photographic reproductions that are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; and has a sign visible from the public right-of way which advertises the availability of this type of photographic reproductions;
(2) 
Offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time that is less than ten (10) hours; or
(3) 
Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to subrent the room for a period of time that is less than ten (10) hours.
Adult motion picture theater.
A commercial establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides, or similar photographic reproductions are shown that are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Adult theater.
A theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar commercial establishment that regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or live performances which are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities.
Child care facility.
A building used as a day nursery, children's boarding home, child placement agency, religious or charitable encampment for children or any other place for the care or custody of children under sixteen (16) years of age.
Church.
A building in which persons regularly assemble for worship, intended primarily for purposes connected with faith, or for propagating a particular form of belief.
City manager.
The City of Bee Cave's city manager and/or his designate.
Escort.
A person who, for consideration, agrees or offers to act as a companion, guide, or date for another person, or who agrees or offers to privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another person.
Escort agency.
A person who, or business association that furnishes, offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its business purposes, for a fee, tip, or consideration.
Establishment.
Includes any of the following:
(1) 
The opening or commencement of any sexually oriented business as a new business;
(2) 
The conversion of an existing business, whether or not a sexually oriented business, to any sexually oriented business;
(3) 
The addition of any sexually oriented business to any other existing sexually oriented business; or
(4) 
The relocation of any sexually oriented business.
Licensee.
A person in whose name a license to operate a sexually oriented business has been issued, as well as the individual listed as an applicant on the application for a license.
Nude model studio.
Any place where a person who appears in a state of nudity or semi-nudity or displays specified anatomical areas is provided to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculpted, photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration.
Nudity or a state of nudity.
The appearance of a human bare buttock, anus, male genitals, female genitals, or female breast.
Operates or causes to be operated.
To cause to function or to put or keep in operation. A person may be found to be operating or causing to be operating a sexually oriented business whether or not that person is an owner, part owner, or licensee of the business.
Person.
An individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.
Residential district.
A single-family, duplex, townhouse, multiple-family or mobile home district or area so designated by such uses.
Residential use.
Property used for singe-family, duplex, multiple-family, mobile home park, mobile home subdivision, or campground purposes.
School.
Any public or private learning center, elementary school, secondary school, junior college, community college, college, university or other center for post-secondary education.
Semi-nude.
A state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic region, and areola of the female breasts, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.
Sexual encounter center.
A business or commercial enterprise that, as one of its primary business purposes, offers for any form of consideration:
(1) 
Physical contact in the form of wrestling or tumbling between persons of the opposite sex; or
(2) 
Activities between male and female persons and/or persons of the same sex when one or more of the persons is in a state of nudity or semi-nude.
Sexually oriented business.
Means adult arcade, adult theater, adult bookstore, massage parlor, nude studio, modeling studio, love parlor or other similar commercial enterprise, the major business of which is the offering of a service that is intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer.
Specified anatomical areas.
Human genitals in a state of sexual arousal.
Specified sexual activities.
Includes any of the following:
(1) 
The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts;
(2) 
Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation or sodomy;
(3) 
Masturbation, actual or simulated; or
(4) 
Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth in subsections (1) through (3) above.
Substantial enlargement of a sexually oriented business.
The increase in floor area occupied by the business by more than twenty (20) percent, as the floor area existed on the date of the enactment of this article.
Transfer of ownership or control of a sexually oriented business.
Includes any of the following:
(1) 
The sale, lease, or sublease of the business;
(2) 
The transfer of securities that constitute a controlling interest in the business, whether by sale, exchange, or similar means; or
(3) 
The establishment of a trust, gift, or other similar legal device that transfers the ownership or control of the business, except for transfer by bequest or other operation of law upon the death of the person possessing the ownership or control.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
Sexually oriented businesses are classified as follows:
(1) 
Adult arcades;
(2) 
Adult bookstores or adult video stores;
(3) 
Adult cabarets;
(4) 
Adult motels;
(5) 
Adult motion picture theaters;
(6) 
Adult theaters;
(7) 
Escort agencies;
(8) 
Nude model studios; and
(9) 
Sexual encounter centers.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
An applicant or licensee shall permit representatives of the police department of the city and the city's building inspectors inspect the premises of a sexually oriented business for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the law, at any time it is occupied or open for business.
(b) 
A person who operates a sexually oriented business or his agent or employee commits an offense if he refuses to permit a lawful inspection of the premises by a representative of the police department at any time it is occupied or open for business.
(c) 
The provisions of this section do not apply to areas of an adult motel that are currently being rented by a customer for use as a permanent or temporary habitation.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
An escort agency shall not employ any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(b) 
A person commits an offense if he acts as an escort or agrees to act as an escort for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
A nude model studio shall not employ any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(b) 
A person under the age of eighteen (18) years commits an offense if he appears in a state of nudity or semi-nudity in or on the premises of a nude model studio. It is a defense to prosecution under this subsection if the person under eighteen (18) years was in a restroom not open to public view or persons of the opposite sex.
(c) 
A person commits an offense if he appears in a state of nudity or semi-nudity or knowingly allows another to appear in a state of nudity or semi-nudity in an area of a nude model studio premises which can be viewed from the public right-of-way.
(d) 
A nude model studio shall not place or permit a bed, sofa, or mattress in any room on the premises, except that a sofa may be placed in a reception room open to the public.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
A person commits an offense if he knowingly allows a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to appear in a state of nudity or semi-nudity in or on the premises of an adult theater or adult motion picture theater.
(b) 
A person under the age of eighteen (18) years commits an offense if he knowingly appears in a state of nudity or semi-nudity in or on the premises of an adult theater or adult motion picture theater.
(c) 
It is a defense to prosecution under subsections (b) and (c) of this section if the person under eighteen (18) years was in a restroom not open to public view or persons of the opposite sex.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two (2) or more times in a period of time that is less than ten (10) hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in this article.
(b) 
A person commits an offense if, as the person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment that does not have a sexually oriented business license, he rents or subrents a sleeping room to a person and, within ten (10) hours from the time the room is rented, he rents or subrents the same sleeping room again.
(c) 
For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the terms “rent” or “subrent” mean the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
A person who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business, other than an adult motel, which exhibits on the premises in a viewing room of less than one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space, a film, videocassette, or other video reproduction which depicts specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) 
Upon application of a sexually oriented business license, the application shall be accompanied by a diagram of the premises showing a plan thereof specifying the location of one (1) or more manager's stations, the location of all overhead lighting fixtures, and switches, which lights are controlled by which switches and designating any portion of the premises in which patrons will not be permitted. Only agents or employees shall have access to light switches. A manager's station may not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet of floor area. The diagram shall also designate the place at which the permit will be conspicuously posted, if granted. A professionally prepared diagram in the nature of an engineer's or architect's blueprint shall not be required; however, each diagram should be oriented to the north or to some designated street or object and should be drawn to a designated scale or with marked dimensions sufficient to show the various internal dimensions of all areas of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six inches (6”). The city manager may waive the foregoing diagram for renewal applications if the applicant adopts a diagram that was previously submitted and certifies that the configuration for the premises has not been altered since it was prepared.
(2) 
The application shall be sworn to be true and correct by the applicant.
(3) 
No alteration in the configuration or location of a manager's station may be made without the prior approval of the city manager.
(4) 
It is the duty of the owners and operator of the premises to ensure that at least one (1) employee is on duty and situated in each manager's station at all times that any patron is present inside the premises.
(5) 
The interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view from a manager's station of every area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose excluding restrooms. Restrooms may not contain video reproduction equipment. If the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view of each area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose from at least one (1) of the manager's stations. The view required in this subsection must be by direct line of sight from the manager's station.
(6) 
It shall be the duty of the owners and operator, and it also shall be the duty of any agents and employees present in the premises to ensure that the view area specified in subsection (a)(5) of this section remains unobstructed by any doors, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials at all times that any patron is present on the premises which has been designated as an area in which patrons will not be permitted in the application filed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section.
(7) 
The premises shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access at an illumination of not less than one (1.0) footcandle as measured at the floor level.
(8) 
It shall be the duty of the owners and operator and it also shall be the duty of any agents and employees present on the premises to ensure that the illumination described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present on the premises.
(b) 
A person having a duty under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(8), above, commits an offense if he or she knowingly fails to fulfill that duty.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
A person commits an offense, if, in a business establishment open to persons under the age of eighteen (18) years, he displays a book, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, film, or videocassette, the cover of which depicts, in a manner calculated to arouse sexual lust or perversion for commercial gain, any of the following:
(1) 
Human sexual intercourse, masturbation, or sodomy;
(2) 
Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breasts;
(3) 
Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, buttocks, or that portion of the female breast below the top of the areola; or
(4) 
Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, whether covered or uncovered;
(b) 
In this section “display” means to locate an item in such a manner that, without obtaining assistance from an agent or employee of the business establishment:
(1) 
It is available to the general public for handling and inspection; or
(2) 
The cover, outside packing on the item or contents of the items is visible to members to the general public.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, any person violating any provision of this article, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000.00 for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs.
(b) 
If the sexually oriented business involved is a nude model studio or sexual encounter center, then violation of section 6.07.031(a) of this article is punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
(c) 
It is a defense to prosecution under section 6.07.031(a), or section 6.07.006(d) of this article that a person appearing in a state of nudity or semi-nudity did so in a modeling class operated:
(1) 
By a proprietary school licensed by the state; a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation;
(2) 
By a private college or university which maintains and operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation; or
(3) 
In a structure:
(A) 
Which has no sign visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising that indicates a nude or semi-nude person is available for viewing;
(B) 
Where in order to participate in a class a student must enroll at least three (3) days in advance of the class; and
(C) 
Where no more than one (1) nude or semi-nude model is on the premises at any one time.
(d) 
It is a defense to prosecution under section 6.07.031(a) of this article that each item of descriptive, printed film or video material offered for sale or rental, taken as a whole, contains serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
A person who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business without a valid license or in violation of this article is subject to a suit for injunction as well as prosecution for criminal violations.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
A person commits an offense if he operates, owns, or causes to be operated, within the territorial limits of the city, a sexually oriented business without a valid license issued by the city for the particular type of business.
(b) 
An application for a license must be made on a form provided by the city manager. The application form shall be sworn to and shall: (1) include the name and address of the applicant; (2) state whether the applicant meets each of the requirements set forth in section 6.07.032 of this article; (3) state whether the applicant has for a location not previously licensed or permitted not later than the 60th day before the application is filed, prominently posted an outdoor sign at the location stating that a sexually oriented business is intended to be located on the premises and providing the name and business address of the applicant as required by section 243.0075, Texas Local Government Code; (4) include the name and address of each person required to sign the application pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, and the name, address and type of entity (if applicable) of each person or entity owned or controlled by such person that owns or controls an interest in the business to be licensed; and (5) such other matters, consistent with this article, as may be specified in the application form. The application must be accompanied by a sketch or diagram showing the configuration of the premises, including a statement of total floor space occupied by the business. The sketch or diagram need not be professionally prepared but must be drawn to a designated scale or drawn with marked dimensions of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six inches (6”). Applicants who must comply with section 6.07.009 of this article shall submit a diagram meeting the requirements of section 6.07.009 of this article.
(c) 
The applicant must be qualified according to the provisions of this article and the premises must be inspected and found to be in compliance with the law by the city manager.
(d) 
If a person who wishes to operate a sexually oriented business is an individual, he or she must sign the application for a license as applicant. If a person who wishes to operate a sexually oriented business is other than an individual, each individual who has a twenty percent (20%) or greater interest in the business must sign the application for a license as applicant. Each applicant must be qualified under section 6.07.032 of this article and each applicant shall be considered a licensee if a license is granted.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
The city manager shall approve the issuance of a license to an applicant within thirty (30) days after receipt of an application unless the city manager finds one or more of the following to be true:
(1) 
An applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) 
An applicant or an applicant's spouse is overdue in payment to the city of taxes, fees, fines, or penalties assessed against or imposed upon the applicant or the applicant's spouse in relation to a sexually oriented business.
(3) 
An applicant has failed to provide information reasonably necessary for issuance of the license or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form.
(4) 
An applicant or an applicant's spouse has been convicted of a violation of a provision of this article other than the offense of operating a sexually oriented business without a license, within two (2) years immediately preceding the application. The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect.
(5) 
The license fee required by this article has not been paid.
(6) 
An applicant has been employed in a sexually oriented business in a managerial capacity within the preceding twelve (12) months and has demonstrated an inability to operate or manage a sexually oriented business premises in a peaceful and law-abiding manner, thus necessitating action by law enforcement officers.
(7) 
An applicant or the proposed establishment is in violation of or is not in compliance with any provision of this article.
(8) 
The premises to be used for the sexually oriented business are not in compliance with all applicable city laws, regulations and city council orders.
(9) 
An applicant or an applicant's spouse has been convicted of a crime:
(A) 
Involving:
(i) 
Any of the following offenses as described in chapter 43 of the Texas Penal Code:
a. 
Prostitution;
b. 
Promotion of prostitution;
c. 
Aggravated promotion of prostitution;
d. 
Compelling prostitution;
e. 
Obscenity;
f. 
Sale, distribution, display of harmful material to a minor;
g. 
Sexual performance by a child; or
h. 
Possession of child pornography;
(ii) 
Any of the following offenses as described in chapter 21 of the Texas Penal Code;
a. 
Public lewdness;
b. 
Indecent exposure; or
c. 
Indecency with a child;
(iii) 
Sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault as described in chapter 22 of the Texas Penal Code;
(iv) 
Incest, solicitation of a child, or harboring a runaway child as described in chapter 25 of the Texas Penal Code;
(v) 
Gambling, gambling promotion, keeping a gambling place, communicating gambling information, possession of gambling devices or equipment or possession of gambling paraphernalia as described in chapter 47 of the Texas Penal Code;
(vi) 
Forgery, credit card abuse or commercial bribery as described in chapter 32 of the Texas Penal Code;
(vii) 
A criminal offense as described in chapter 481 subchapter D, of the Texas Health and Safety Code;
(viii) 
A criminal offense as described in chapter 34 of the Texas Penal Code; or
(ix) 
Criminal attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any of the foregoing offenses; or any other offense in another state that, if committed in this state, would have been punishable as one or more of the aforementioned offenses.
(B) 
For which:
(i) 
Less than two (2) years have elapsed since the date of conviction of the date of release from confinement imposed for the conviction, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a misdemeanor offense;
(ii) 
Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement for the conviction, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a felony offense; or
(iii) 
Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of the last conviction or the date of release from confinement for the last convictions are of two (2) or more misdemeanor offenses or combination of misdemeanor offenses occurring within any 24-month period.
(b) 
The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the disqualification of the applicant or applicant's spouse.
(c) 
The license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons to whom it is granted, the expiration date, and the address of the sexually oriented business. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the sexually oriented business so that it may be easily read at any time.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
The annual fee for a sexually oriented business license shall be set according to the city fee schedule.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
Each license shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance and may be renewed only by making application as provided in section 6.07.031. Application for renewal should be made at least thirty (30) days before the expiration date, and when made less than thirty (30) days before the expiration date, the expiration of the license will not be affected.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
The city manager shall suspend a license for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days if he determines that a licenses or an agent or employee of a licensee has:
(1) 
Violated or is not in compliance with any section of this article;
(2) 
Engaged in excessive use of alcoholic beverages while on the sexually oriented business premises;
(3) 
Refused to allow an inspection of the sexually oriented business premises as authorized by this article;
(4) 
Knowingly permitted gambling by any person on the sexually oriented business premises; or
(5) 
Demonstrated inability to operate or manage a sexually oriented business in a peaceful and law-abiding manner thus necessitating action by law enforcement officers.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
(a) 
The city manager shall revoke a license if a cause of suspension in section 6.07.035 of this article occurs and the license has been suspended within the preceding twelve (12) months.
(b) 
The city manager shall revoke a license if he determines that:
(1) 
A licensee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted to the city manager during the application process;
(2) 
A licensee, an agent or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use, or sale of controlled substances on the premises;
(3) 
A licensee, an agent or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises;
(4) 
A licensee, an agent or an employee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the licensee's license was suspended;
(5) 
A licensee has been convicted of an offense listed in section 6.07.032(a)(9)(A) for which the time period required in section 6.07.032(a)(9)(B) has not elapsed;
(6) 
On two (2) or more occasions within a 12-month period, a person or persons committed an offense, occurring in or on the licensed premises, of a crime listed in section 6.07.032(a)(9)(A), for which a conviction has been obtained, and the person or persons were agents or employees of the sexually oriented business at the time the offenses were committed;
(7) 
A licensee or agent or an employee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, or sexual contact to occur in or on the licenses premises. The term “sexual contact” shall have the same meaning as it is defined in section 21.01, Texas Penal Code; or
(8) 
A licensee is delinquent in payment to the city for any ad valorem taxes, sales or other taxes related to the sexually oriented business.
(c) 
The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the license.
(d) 
Subsection (b)(7) of this section does not apply to adult motels as a ground for revoking the license unless the licensee, agent or employee knowingly allowed the act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, or sexual contact to occur in a public place or within public view.
(e) 
When the city manager revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one (1) year and the licensee shall not be issued a sexually oriented business license for one (1) year from the date revocation became effective. If, subsequent to revocation, the city manager finds that the basis for the revocation has been corrected or abated, the applicant may be granted a license if at least ninety (90) days elapsed since the date the revocation became effective. If the license was revoked under subsection (b)(5) of this section, an applicant may not be granted another license until the appropriate number of years required under section 6.07.032(a)(9)(B) has elapsed.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
If the city manager denies the issuance of a license, or suspends or revokes a license, the city manager shall send to the applicant, or licensee, by certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice of the action and the right to an appeal. Upon receipt of written notice of the denial, suspension, or revocation, the licensee whose application for a license has been denied or whose license has been suspended or revoked shall have the right to appeal to the city council. An appeal to the city council must be filed within thirty (30) days after the receipt of notice of the decision of the city manager. The filing if an appeal stays the action of the city manager.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)
A licensee shall not transfer his license to another, nor shall a licensee operate a sexually oriented business under the authority of a license at any place other than the address designated in the application.
(Ordinance 77 adopted 4/5/11)