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East Palestine, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF EAST PALESTINE, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF EAST PALESTINE
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
TITLE TWO - Business Regulation
CHAPTER 804 Auctions
CHAPTER 808 Billiard and Pool Rooms
CHAPTER 812 Bowling Alleys
CHAPTER 816 Fortunetelling
CHAPTER 818 Garage and Street Sales
CHAPTER 820 Junk Yards
CHAPTER 824 Mechanical Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 828 Milk Distributors
CHAPTER 832 Solicitors, Peddlers and Door to Door Sales Persons
CHAPTER 836 Roller Skating Rinks
CHAPTER 840 Shows and Exhibitions
CHAPTER 842 Solid Waste Collection
CHAPTER 844 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 848 Temporary Stores
CHAPTER 849 Sexually-Oriented Businesses
CHAPTER 850 Video Service Provider Fee
TITLE FOUR - Taxation
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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   849.19   LOCATION.
   Sexually-oriented businesses shall be permitted uses only within an I-1 industrial District, and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1282 of the East Palestine Zoning Code.
(Ord. 14-02. Passed 7-8-02.)
   849.20   REGULATIONS REGARDING PUBLIC NUDITY.
   (a)   No person in a sexually-oriented business shall recklessly appear in a state of nudity or depict "specified sexual activities".
   (b)   No person in a sexual oriented business shall appear in a semi-nude condition unless the person is an employee who while semi-nude shall be at least ten feet from any patron or customer and on a stage at least three feet above the floor.
   (c)   No employee while semi-nude in a sexually-oriented business, shall solicit or accept any pay or gratuity from any patron or customer.
   (d)   No patron or customer shall pay or give any gratuity to an employee while said employee is semi-nude in a sexually-oriented business.
   (e)   No employee while semi-nude in a sexually-oriented business shall touch a patron or customer or the clothing of a patron or customer.
   (f)   No patron or customer shall touch an employee of a sexually-oriented business while said employee is on duty.
(Ord. 14-02. Passed 7-8-02.)
   849.21   PROHIBITION AGAINST MINORS IN A SEXUALLY-ORIENTED BUSINESS.
   (a)   No person under the age of 18 years is permitted on the premises of a sexually- oriented business.
   (b)   No person shall recklessly allow a person under the age of 18 years on premises of a sexually-oriented business.
(Ord. 14-02. Passed 7-8-02.)
   849.22   HOURS OF OPERATION.
   (a)   No sexually-oriented business shall remain open at any time between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays.
   (b)   No sexually-oriented business shall remain open at any time between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.on Sundays or on legal holidays as defined by Ohio R.C. 1.14.
(Ord. 14-02. Passed 7-8-02.)
   849.23   ESCORT AGENCIES.
   No person shall recklessly act as an escort or recklessly agree to act as an escort for any person under the age of 18 years. An escort agency shall not employ any person under the age of 18 years.
(Ord. 14-02. Passed 7-8-02.)
   849.24   NUDE MODEL STUDIOS.
   (a)   No person shall appear in a state of nudity or recklessly allow another to appear in a state of nudity in an area of a nude model studio premises which can be viewed from the public right-of-way.
   (b)   No nude model studio shall place or permit a bed, sofa, or mattress in any room on the premises, except that a sofa may be placed in a reception room open to the public.
(Ord. 14-02. Passed 7-8-02.)
   849.25   ADULT MOTELS.
   (a)   Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two or more times in a period of time that is less than ten hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in this chapter.
   (b)   No person shall, while in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment that does not have a sexually-oriented business license, rent or subrent a sleeping room to a person and, within ten hours from the time the room is rented, rent or subrent the same sleeping room again.
   (c)   For the purpose of this section, the terms "rent" or "subrent' mean the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
(Ord. 14-02. Passed 7-8-02.)
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