(A) General provisions. Adult uses as defined in § 113.12(C) shall be subject to the following general provisions.
(1) An adult use which does not qualify as an accessory use pursuant to § 113.46 shall be classified as an adult use; principal.
(2) No person(s) under 18 years of age shall be permitted in any adult use; principal premises, enterprise, establishment, business or place.
(3) No liquor license shall be issued to any adult use; principal.
(4) No adult use related premises, enterprise, establishment, business or place shall allow or permit the sale or service of set ups to mix alcoholic drinks. No alcoholic beverages shall be consumed on the premises of such premises, enterprise, establishment, business, or place.
(5) Activities classified as obscene as defined in M.S. § 617.241 are not permitted and are prohibited. In no instance shall the application or interpretation of this chapter be construed to allow an activity otherwise prohibited by law.
(6) Adult use; principal shall be prohibited from locating in any building which is also utilized for residential purposes.
(7) Any adult use; principal having available for customers, patrons, or employees, a booth, room or cubicle for the private viewing of any “specified anatomical areas” or “specified sexual activities” must comply with the following requirements:
(a) Each booth, room or cubicle shall be without doors and the occupant must be visible at all times;
(b) Only one person may be in a booth, room, or cubicle at a time;
(c) Walls separating booths, rooms, or cubicles must be such that the occupants cannot engage in sexual activity;
(d) Each booth, room, or cubicle must be kept clean and sanitary; and
(e) Minimum lighting requirements in accordance with the Carver County Code of Ordinances must be maintained;
(8) Illumination of the premises exterior shall be adequate to observe the location and activities of all persons on the exterior premises; and
(9) The owner/operator shall hire and employ their own security personnel who shall maintain orderly conduct at such adult use; Principal. These employees are not required to be licensed peace officers.
(B) Hours of operation. No adult use shall be open to the public from the hours of 12:00 midnight to 10:00 a.m. weekdays and Saturday, nor between 12:00 midnight and 12:00 noon on Sunday.
(C) Sign regulation. Adult use; principal shall adhere to the following sign regulations in addition to those set forth in Chapter 154 of the Carver County Code:
(1) Sign messages shall be generic in nature and shall only identify the name and type of business;
(2) Signs shall not be obscene and/or graphic depictions of “specified anatomical areas” or “specified sexual activities” as defined by this chapter; and
(3) Signs shall be limited to the size, location, and number of signs permitted in the district in which the use is located.
(D) Adult use; cabaret regulations. The following additional restrictions apply to adult use; cabarets.
(1) No person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity shall advertise, or cause to be advertised, an adult cabaret without a valid adult use license.
(2) An adult use licensee shall maintain and retain for a period of two years the names, addresses, and ages of all persons engaged, hired, or employed as dancers or performers by the licensee.
(3) No owner, operator, or manager of an adult cabaret shall permit or allow any dancer or other live entertainer to perform nude unless as provided in divisions (D)(6) and (7) of this section.
(4) No patron or other person other than a dancer or live entertainer, as provided in divisions (D)(6) and (7) of this section, shall be nude in an adult cabaret.
(5) No dancer, live entertainer, or performer shall be under 18 years of age.
(6) All dancing shall occur on a platform intended for that purpose which is raised at least two feet above the level of the floor.
(7) No dancer or performer shall perform or dance closer than ten feet from any patron unless such dancer or performer is enclosed behind a floor to ceiling glass.
(8) No dancer shall fondle or caress any patron and no patron shall fondle or caress any dancer or performer.
(9) No person under 18 years of age shall be admitted to an adult cabaret.
(10) No patron shall pay or give any gratuity directly to any dancer or performer.
(Ord. 66-2010, passed 4-13-10) Penalty, see § 113.99