(a) 
The city council makes the following findings with regard to sexually oriented establishments:
(1) 
Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code, sections 51.001, 54.001, 211.001 and 211.003, authorize general-law cities to license any lawful business, occupation or calling that is susceptible to the control of the police power;
(2) 
Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code, sections 51.001, 54.001, 211.001 and 211.003, authorize general-law cities to enforce all ordinances necessary to protect health, life and property, and to preserve the good government, order and security of such cities and their inhabitants;
(3) 
Sexually oriented businesses require special supervision from the public safety agencies of the city in order to protect and preserve the health, safety and welfare of the patrons of the businesses, as well as the citizens of the city;
(4) 
The city council finds that sexually oriented businesses are frequently used for unlawful sexual activities, including prostitution and sexual liaisons of a casual nature;
(5) 
The concern over sexually transmitted diseases is a legitimate health concern of the city which demands reasonable regulation of sexually oriented businesses in order to protect the health and well-being of the citizens;
(6) 
Licensing is a legitimate and reasonable means of accountability to ensure that operators of sexually oriented businesses comply with reasonable regulations and to ensure that operators do not knowingly allow their establishments to be used as places of illegal sexual activity or solicitation;
(7) 
There is convincing documented evidence that sexually oriented businesses, because of their very nature, have a deleterious effect on both the existing businesses around them and the surrounding residential areas adjacent to them, causing increased crime and the downgrading of property values;
(8) 
The city council further finds that the police in numerous other jurisdictions have made a substantial number of arrests for sexually related crimes in sexually oriented business establishments;
(9) 
It is recognized that sexually oriented businesses, due to their nature, have serious objectionable operational characteristics, particularly when they are located in close proximity to each other, thereby contributing to urban blight and downgrading the quality of life in the adjacent areas; and
(10) 
The city council desires to minimize and control these adverse effects and thereby preserve the property values and character of surrounding neighborhoods, deter the spread of urban blight, protect the citizens from increased crime, preserve the quality of life and protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry.
(b) 
The city council makes the following findings with regard to the licensing of sexually oriented business establishments:
(1) 
The city council believes it in the interest of the public safety and welfare to prohibit persons convicted of certain crimes from engaging in the occupation of operating a sexually oriented business.
(2) 
The city council, in accordance with Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code, chapter 243, has considered the following criteria:
(A) 
The nature and seriousness of the crimes;
(B) 
The relationship of the crimes to the purposes for requiring a license to engage in the occupation;
(C) 
The extent to which a license might offer an opportunity to engage in further criminal activity of the same type as that in which the person previously had been involved; and
(D) 
The relationship of the crimes to the ability, capacity or fitness required to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the licensed occupation, and has determined that the crimes listed in section 4.06.042 are serious crimes which are directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation of operating a sexually oriented business.
(i) 
The city council has further determined that the very nature of the occupation of operating a sexually oriented business brings a person [into] contact with persons interested in sexually oriented materials and activities, thereby giving the person repeated opportunities to commit offenses against public order and decency or crimes against the public health, safety or morals should he or she be so inclined.
(ii) 
Thus, it is the opinion of the city council that the listed crimes render a person unable, incompetent and unfit to perform the duties and responsibilities accompanying the operation of a sexually oriented business in a manner that would promote the public safety and trust.
(3) 
The city council has determined that a person who has been convicted of a crime listed in section 4.06.042 is presently fit [unfit] to operate a sexually oriented business until the respective time periods designated have expired.
(4) 
It is the intent of the city council to disqualify a person from being issued a sexually oriented business license by the city if he or she has been convicted within the designated time period of any of the crimes listed in section 4.06.042.
(2004 Code, sec. 113.01)
(a) 
It is the purpose of this article to regulate sexually oriented businesses 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 continued concentration of sexually oriented businesses within the city. The provisions hereof have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, including sexually oriented material. Similarly, it is not the intent nor effect of this article to restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented material protected by the First Amendment, or to deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market.
(b) 
(1) 
It is the intent of the city council that the locational regulations of section 4.06.007(a) are promulgated pursuant to Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code, sections 243.001 through 243.011, as they apply to nude model studios and sexual encounter centers only.
(2) 
It is the intent of the city council that all other provisions of this article are promulgated pursuant to applicable articles of the Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code.
(2004 Code, sec. 113.02)
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
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 motion picture machines, projectors or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are 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 which as one of its principal business purposes openly advertises or displays or 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 which depict or describe specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or
(2) 
Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with specified sexual activities.
Adult cabaret.
A nightclub, bar, restaurant or similar commercial establishment which regularly features:
(1) 
Persons who appear in a state of nudity;
(2) 
Live performances which 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 which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Adult motel.
A hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment which:
(1) 
Offers accommodations to the public for any form of consideration; provides patrons with closed circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which 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 room for rent for period of time that is less than ten 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 hours.
Adult motion picture theater.
An establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or similar photographic reproductions [are] regularly shown which 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 which regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or live performances which are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities.
City administrator.
The city administrator of Celina or his or her designated agent, or any officer or official of the city appointed in that capacity administratively.
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 or business association who furnishes, offers to furnish or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary business purposes for a fee, tip or other consideration.
Establishment.
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 displays specified anatomical areas is provided to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, 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 breasts.
Person.
An individual, proprietorship, trust, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity.
School.
Any public or private nursery, preschool, day care center, learning center, or elementary or secondary school.
Semi-nude.
A state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic region and areola of the female breast, 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.
An adult arcade, adult bookstore or adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio or sexual encounter center.
Specified anatomical areas.
Human genitals in a state of sexual arousal.
Specified sexual activities.
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 20%, as the floor area exists on the effective date of this article.
Transfer of ownership or control of a sexually oriented business.
Any of the following:
(1) 
The sale, lease or sublease of the business;
(2) 
The transfer of securities or other ownership interest which constitutes a direct, indirect, legal, equitable or beneficial 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 which transfers the direct, indirect, legal, equitable or beneficial 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 to a person meeting all of the requirements of section 4.06.042, who shall have notified the city administrator of the transfer and furnished all of the information required to be submitted in an application for a license within 60 days of the transfer.
(2004 Code, sec. 113.03)
Sexually oriented business is defined and classified as any commercial establishment operating in the city, in whole or in part, as any one or more of the following:
(1) 
Adult arcade;
(2) 
Adult bookstore or adult video store;
(3) 
Adult cabaret;
(4) 
Adult motel;
(5) 
Adult motion picture theater;
(6) 
Adult theaters;
(7) 
Escort agency;
(8) 
Nude model studio; and/or
(9) 
Sexual encounter center.
(2004 Code, sec. 113.04)
(a) 
(1) 
Except as provided hereby, any person violating section 4.06.007(a), upon conviction, is punishable by a fine.
(2) 
If the sexually oriented business involved is a nude model studio or sexual encounter center, then violation of section 4.06.007(a) or 4.06.041 is punishable as a class B misdemeanor.
(3) 
Any person violating a provision of this article other than section 4.06.007(a), upon conviction, is punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00.
(4) 
It is a defense to prosecution under section 4.06.007(a), 4.06.041 or 4.06.082 that a person appearing in a state of nudity did so in a modeling class operated:
(A) 
By a proprietary school licensed by the state, a college, junior college or university supported entirely or partly by taxation;
(B) 
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
(C) 
In a structure:
(i) 
Which has no sign visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising that indicates a nude person is available for viewing;
(ii) 
Where, in order to participate in a class, a student must enroll at least three days in advance of the class; and
(iii) 
Where no more than one nude model is on the premises at any one time.
(5) 
It is not defense [sic] to prosecution under section 4.06.007(a) or 4.06.041 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.
(b) 
A person who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business without a valid license or in violation of section 4.06.007(a) is subject to a suit for injunction as well as prosecution for criminal violations.
(2004 Code, sec. 113.07)
(a) 
Section 4.06.007 may be amended only after compliance with the procedure required to amend the zoning ordinance.
(b) 
Other sections of this article may amended by vote of the city council.
(2004 Code, sec. 113.08)
(a) 
Restrictions; measurements; nonconforming uses.
(1) 
A person commits an offense if he or she operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business within 100 feet of:
(A) 
A church;
(B) 
A school;
(C) 
A boundary of a residential district as defined by the zoning ordinance of the city;
(D) 
A public park; or
(E) 
The property line of a lot devoted to residential use.
(2) 
A person commits an offense if he or she causes or permits the operation, establishment, substantial enlargement or transfer of ownership or control of a sexually oriented business located within 1,000 feet of another sexually oriented business.
(3) 
A person commits an offense if he or she causes or permits the operation, establishment or maintenance of more than one sexually oriented business in the same building, structure or portion thereof or the increase of floor area of any sexually oriented business in any building, structure or portion thereof containing another sexually oriented business.
(4) 
For the purposes of subsection (a)(1) above, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as a part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted to the nearest property line of the premises of a church or school or to the nearest boundary of an affected public park, residential district or residential lot.
(5) 
For purposes of subsection (a)(2) above, the distance between any two sexually oriented businesses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the structure in which each business is located.
(6) 
(A) 
Any sexually oriented business lawfully operating on the effective date of this article that is in violation of subsections (a)(1) through (3) above shall be deemed a nonconforming use.
(B) 
The nonconforming use will be permitted to continue for a period not to exceed one year unless sooner terminated for any reason or voluntarily discontinued for a period of 30 days or more.
(C) 
The nonconforming uses shall not be increased, enlarged, extended or altered, except that the use may be changed to a conforming use.
(D) 
If two or more sexually oriented businesses are within 1,000 feet of one another and otherwise in a permissible location, the sexually oriented business which was first established and continually operating at a particular location is the conforming use and the later-established business is nonconforming.
(7) 
A sexually oriented business lawfully operating as a conforming use is not rendered a nonconforming use by the location, subsequent to the grant or renewal of the sexually oriented business license, of a church, school, public park, residential district or residential lot within 1,000 feet of the sexually oriented business. This provision applies only to the renewal of a valid license and does not apply when an application for a license is submitted after a license has expired or has been revoked.
(b) 
Exemptions.
(1) 
If the city administrator denies the issuance of a license to an applicant because the location of the sexually oriented business establishment is in violation of subsection (a) above, then the applicant may, not later than ten calendar days after receiving notice of the denial, file with the city secretary a written request for an exemption from the locational restrictions of this section.
(2) 
If the written request is filed with the city secretary within the ten-day limit, the city council shall consider the request. The city secretary shall set a date for the hearing within 60 days from the date the written request is received.
(3) 
A hearing by the council may proceed if a quorum is present. The council shall hear and consider evidence offered by any interested person. The formal rules of evidence do not apply.
(4) 
The city council may, in its discretion, grant exemption from the locational [restrictions] of this section if it makes the following findings:
(A) 
The location of the proposed sexually oriented business will not have a detrimental effect on nearby properties or be contrary to the public safety or welfare;
(B) 
The granting of the exemption will not violate the spirit and intent of this article;
(C) 
The location of the proposed sexually oriented business will not downgrade the property value or quality of life in the adjacent areas or encourage the development of urban blight;
(D) 
The location of an additional sexually oriented business in the area will not be contrary to any program of neighborhood conservation nor will it interfere with any efforts of urban renewal or restoration; and
(E) 
All other applicable provisions of this article will be observed.
(5) 
(A) 
The council shall grant or deny the exemption by majority vote.
(B) 
Failure to reach a majority vote shall result in denial of the exemption. Disputes of fact shall be decided on the basis of a preponderance of the evidence.
(C) 
The decision of the permit and license appeal council is final.
(6) 
(A) 
If the council grants the exemption, the exemption is valid for one year from the date of the council’s action.
(B) 
Upon the expiration of an exemption, the sexually oriented business is in violation of the locational restrictions of subsection (a) above until the applicant applies for and receives another exemption.
(7) 
If the council denies the exemption, the applicant may not reapply for an exemption until at least 12 months have elapsed since the date of the council action.
(8) 
The grant of an exemption does not exempt the applicant from any other provisions of this article other than the locational restrictions of subsection (a) above.
(2004 Code, sec. 113.05)
(a) 
A person commits an offense if, in a business establishment open to persons under the age of 17 years, he or she displays a book, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, film or videocassette, the cover of which depicts in a manner calculated to arouse sexual lust or passion for commercial gain, or to exploit 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 regions, buttocks or women’s 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) 
For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
Display. To locate an item in a manner that, without obtaining assistance from an employee of the business establishment:
(1) 
It is available to the general public for handling and inspection; or
(2) 
The cover, outside packaging or contents of the item is visible to members of the general public.
(2004 Code, sec. 113.06)