(a) Nudity, Sexual Activity, Live Entertainment and Performances.
(2) Any employee appearing on the premises of a sexually oriented business in a state of seminudity, as defined in Section 850.02, must be on a stage that is at least forty-five inches from the floor, and at a distance at least seventy-two inches from all parts of a clearly designated area in which patrons will be present.
(3) All live entertainment and performances in a sexually oriented business must take place on a stage that is at least forty-five inches from the floor and a distance of at least seventy-two inches from all parts of a clearly designated area in which patrons will be present.
(4) The stage shall be separated from the area in which patrons may be present.
(5) No employee, as defined in Section 850.02, appearing on the premises of a sexually oriented business in a state of seminudity, may touch a customer or a customer's clothing or permit himself or herself to be touched by a customer or a customer's clothing.
(6) Any live entertainment that is provided on the premises of a sexually oriented business, in a private or semiprivate room, to five or fewer persons at any one time, must take place in the direct, unobstructed line of sight of an employee's station at which at least one employee is on duty and stationed at all times during which such entertainment takes place, with all doors to such room completely open and ajar, if such room is not considered a viewing booth under Section 850.02 and therefore is not subject to the provisions of Section 850.18.
The provisions of this subsection (a) shall not apply to an employee's bona fide use of a restroom or of a single-sex dressing room that is accessible only to entertainers.
(b) Dressing Rooms. All sexually oriented businesses that offer live entertainment must provide separate dressing room facilities for female and male entertainers, which shall not be occupied or used in any way by any one other than entertainers.
(c) Minors Prohibited. No person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted on the premises of a sexually oriented business.
(d) Hours of Operation. No sexually oriented business shall remain open at any time between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and 2:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sundays, nor shall any entertainment, service, or product be provided to a customer on the premises of a sexually oriented business during those hours.
(e) Minimum Lighting Level.
(1) The premises of every sexually oriented business shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access, including restrooms, at an illumination level of not less than five footcandles as measured at floor level.
(2) The illumination described in paragraph (e)(1) hereof shall be maintained at all times that any patron is present in the premises. In the event of a power failure, the business shall stop operating immediately and all patrons shall be cleared from the premises. The premises shall not be reopened until the minimum illumination level can be assured.
(f) Exterior Display. No sexually oriented business shall be operated in any manner that permits the observation from outside the premises of any material or entertainment depicting or describing specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined in Section 850.02, or any person in a state of nudity or seminudity, whether by means of display decoration sign, window or any other means.
(Ord. 115-98. Passed 9-28-98.)