(a) General Compliance. All licensed premises and sexually oriented business establishments shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, and with the provisions of all other applicable City ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws.
(b) Hours of Operation.
(1) No sexually oriented business establishment shall be open for business at any time on any State of Ohio or federal holiday.
(2) No sexually oriented business establishment shall be open for business between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on any day.
(c) Animals. No animals, except seeing eye dogs required to assist the blind, shall be permitted at any time at or in any sexually oriented business establishment or licensed premises.
(d) Restrooms. All restrooms in sexually oriented business establishments shall be equipped with standard toilets, sinks, and other traditional lavatory facilities. No adult materials or live performances shall be provided or allowed at any time in the restrooms of a sexually oriented business establishment. Separate male and female restrooms shall be provided for and used by sexually oriented business establishment employees and patrons.
(e) Restricted Access. No sexually oriented business establishment patron shall be permitted at any time to enter into any of the non-public portions of any sexually oriented business establishment, including specifically, but without limitation, any storage areas or dressing or other rooms provided for the benefit of sexually oriented business employees. This subsection shall not apply to persons delivering goods and materials, food and beverages, or performing maintenance or repairs to the licensed premises. These persons shall remain in the non-public areas only for the purposes and to the extent and time necessary to perform their job duties.
(f) Specific Prohibited Acts.
(1) No sexually oriented business employee or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment, other than a sexually oriented business employee employed to provide adult entertainment in accordance with the regulations in this chapter shall appear, be present, or perform while nude or semi-nude; further, no such employee shall appear, be present, or perform while nude at any sexually oriented business establishment that serves or provides alcoholic liquor pursuant to a license issued by the State of Ohio.
(2) No sexually oriented business employee or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment shall perform or conduct any specified sexual activity with or for any sexually oriented business patron or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment, or any other sexually oriented business employee, or any other person. No sexually oriented business establishment patron or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment shall perform or conduct any specified sexual activity with or for any sexually oriented business establishment employee or patron or any other person.
(g) Exterior Display. No sexually oriented business establishment shall be maintained or operated in any manner that causes, creates, or allows public viewing of any adult material, or any entertainment depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, from any sidewalk, public or private right-of-way, or any property other than the lot on which the licensed premises is located. No portion of the exterior of a sexually oriented business establishment shall utilize or contain any flashing lights, search lights, or spotlights, or any other similar lighting systems, or any words, lettering, photographs, silhouettes, drawings, or pictorial representations of any manner except to the extent specifically allowed pursuant to this chapter with regard to signs. This subsection shall apply to any advertisement, display, promotional material, decoration, or sign; to any performance or show; and to any window, door, or other opening.
(h) Noise. No loudspeakers or sound equipment audible beyond the licensed premises shall be used at any time.
(i) Manager's Station. Each sexually oriented business establishment shall have one or more manager's stations. The interior of each sexually oriented business establishment shall be configured in such a manner that there is a direct and substantially unobstructed view from at least one manager's station to every part of each area, except restrooms, of the establishment to which any sexually oriented business establishment patron is permitted access for any purpose.
(j) Alcohol Prohibition. No sexually oriented business establishment that serves or otherwise provides alcoholic liquor pursuant to a liquor license shall provide or allow sexually oriented business establishment employees that appear, are present, or perform while nude.
(2004 Code)