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§ 13-15-16 ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS FOR ADULT CABARET.
   (A)   A licensee or an operator of an adult cabaret commits an offense if he knowingly employs, contracts with, a person who has been convicted of an offense listed in § 13-15-5(A)(8) for which the time period required in § 13-15-5(A)(9) has not elapsed.
   (B)   An adult cabaret may not contain any VIP rooms, except that any VIP room contained in a lawfully operating adult cabaret on the date this article is adopted may continue in existence for six months.
   (C)   A licensee, an operator, or an employee of an adult cabaret commits an offense if he permits any customer access to an area of the premises:
      (1)   Not visible from the manager's station or not visible by a walk through of the premises without entering a closed area, excluding a restroom; or
      (2)   Not regularly open to all customers of the business.
   (D)   Adult cabaret entertainment must occur only in an open and visible area, and in the presence of, and be visually observable by, an employee who is not an adult cabaret entertainer. A licensee or operator commits an offense if he knowingly allows adult cabaret entertainment to be performed in violation of this subsection.
   (E)   The purpose of Subsections (B), (C), and (D) of this section is to reduce the opportunity for unlawful activity such as indecent exposure, solicitation for prostitution, and prostitution that occurs in VIP rooms and other areas of adult cabarets that are not open to the view of management personnel, law enforcement officers, and customers. By prohibiting VIP rooms and requiring adult entertainment to be performed in more open and visible surroundings, unlawful activity will be deterred because it will be more readily observable by management personnel, law enforcement officers, and customers.