(A) All sexually oriented businesses offering live entertainment shall comply with each of the following requirements:
(1) A dressing room for performers with direct access between said dressing area and the performance area or stage shall be provided, such that a performer may enter the performance area or stage without entering the area from which patrons will view the performance.
(2) All performances shall occur on a stage elevated at least 18" above the immediate floor level and removed at least six feet from the nearest employee or patron.
(3) The dressing area for performers shall be separate and not freely accessible from areas of the business accessible to patrons, and the dressing area shall contain hot and cold running water and toilet facilities.
(4) There shall be no physical contact between any performer and any other performer or between any performer and any owner, independent contractor, employee, patron or other person during or for at least 15 minutes following such performance, and there shall be no physical contact between any person on the stage or performance area and any owner, independent contractor, employee, patron or other person during or for at least 15 minutes following any performance. “Physical contact” includes, but is not limited to, any contact in which any part of the body or clothing of one person touches any part of the body or clothing of the other person, or if a person causes anything under his or her direct control to touch any part of the body or clothing of another person.
(5) An escort agency shall maintain permanent records on the premises showing the name, address and telephone number of every person for whom an escort is provided, the fee paid, the name of the escort or escorts so provided, and the location where the escort and the person requesting the escort initially met. These records shall be made available, upon demand and without prior notice, to a Township official inspecting the premises pursuant to this chapter.
(6) No tip or gratuity from any sexually oriented business patron may be offered or accepted for any performance by a sexually oriented business employee at any time prior to the completion of any such performance. No sexually oriented business patron shall offer, and no sexually oriented business employee having performed live at a sexually oriented business shall accept any form of tip or gratuity offered directly to the employee by the sexually oriented business patron. Following completion of a performance, all tips, and gratuities to a sexually oriented business employee performing live shall be placed into a receptacle provided for receipt of such tips and gratuities by the sexually oriented business.
(B) Additional conditions for adult cabarets:
(1) No person shall dance at an adult cabaret without a valid dancer’s license issued by the township.
(2) The application for a dancer’s license and procedures for issuance of the license shall be as follows:
(a) The application for a dancer’s license shall be made to the township.
(b) An application for the dancer’s license shall be verified and shall contain or set forth the information required in § 114.06(B) and the business name and address where the applicant intends to dance.
(c) The application shall be accompanied by the currently required nonrefundable fee. The amount of such fee shall be set from time to time by the Township Board, and a schedule of such fees is on file and available in the township offices.
(d) Within five days of receipt of an application for a dancer’s license, the township shall issue or deny with cause the license.
(e) A dancer’s license shall entitle a dancer to dance only at the business indicated on the dancer’s license application.
(3) A dancer’s license may be renewed by following the application procedure in § 114.06.
(Ord. 11-007, passed 1-17-2012)