The following standards of conduct shall be adhered to by all adult entertainment business licensees, their employees, and all adult entertainment business managers, servers, and entertainers and patrons of adult entertainment businesses, while on or about the premises of the business.
(A) Interior restrictions.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any erotic dancer to dance at a distance of less than ten feet from any patron or to touch any patron while dancing.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any erotic dancer to dance on a stage that is not raised at least two feet above the area on which the patron or patrons sit or stand.
(B) Age restriction. Only persons 18 years of age or older shall be permitted on the premises of any adult entertainment business.
(C) Exterior observation. The premises of all adult entertainment businesses will be so constructed as to include an anteroom, foyer, partition, or other physical barrier on all customer entrances that will ensure observation of the interior of the premises is not observable from the exterior of the building. In addition, all windows will be covered to prevent viewing of the interior of the building from the outside and all doorways not constructed with an anteroom or foyer will be covered so as to prevent observation of the interior of the premises from the exterior of the building.
(D) Exterior display. No adult entertainment business will be conducted in any manner that permits the observation of live performers engaged in an erotic depiction or dance or any material or persons depicting, describing, or relating to “specified sexual activities” or “specified anatomical areas”, as defined herein, from any exterior source by display, decoration, sign, show window, or other opening.
(E) Nudity prohibited, exceptions. No employee, server, or entertainer in an adult entertainment business shall appear nude, unclothed, in less that opaque attire, or in any fashion that exposes to view any specified anatomical area.
(F) Certain acts prohibited.
(1) No employee, server, or entertainer shall perform any specified sexual activities as defined herein, wear or use any device or covering exposed to view which simulates any specified anatomical area, use artificial devices or inanimate objects to perform or depict any of the specified sexual activities as defined herein, or participate in any act of prostitution.
(2) No employee, server, entertainer, or patron of an adult entertainment business shall knowingly touch, fondle, or caress any specified anatomical area of another person, or knowingly permit another person to touch, fondle, or caress any specified anatomical area of such employee, server, entertainer, or patron, whether such specified anatomical areas are clothed, unclothed, covered, or exposed.
(3) No employee, server, or entertainer of an adult entertainment business shall be visible from the exterior of the adult entertainment business while such person is unclothed or in such attire, costume, or clothing as to expose to view any specified anatomical area.
(4) No adult entertainer shall solicit, demand, or receive any payment or gratuity from any patron or customer for any act prohibited by this section, and no adult entertainer shall receive any payment or gratuity from any customer for any entertainment except as follows:
(a) While such entertainer is on the stage or platform, a customer or patron may place such payment or gratuity into a box affixed to the stage; or
(b) While such entertainer is not on the stage or platform and is clothed so as to not expose to view any specified anatomical area, a customer or patron may place such payment or gratuity into the entertainer’s hand.
(5) No owner, operator, manager, or other person in charge of the premises of an adult entertainment business shall:
(a) Knowingly permit alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverages to be brought upon or consumed on the premises, unless otherwise permitted pursuant to Chapter 111 of this code;
(b) Knowingly allow or permit the sale, distribution, delivery, or consumption of any controlled substance or illegal drug or narcotic on the premises;
(c) Knowingly allow or permit any person under the age of 18 years of age to be in or upon the premises;
(d) Knowingly allow or permit any act of prostitution or patronizing prostitution on the premises; or
(e) Knowingly allow or permit a violation of this section or any other city ordinance provision or state law.
(6) All adult entertainment business shall have conspicuously displayed in the common area at the principal entrance to the premises a sign, of which uppercase letters shall be at two inches high and lowercase letters at least one inch high, which shall read as follows:
THIS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS IS REGULATED AND LICENSED BY THE CITY OF LINN CREEK, MISSOURI
Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct or prostitution on the premises or to fondle, caress, or touch the breasts, pubic region, buttocks, or genitals of any employee, patron, or other entertainer or to permit any employee, patron, or other entertainment to fondle, caress, or touch the breasts, pubic region, buttocks, or genitals of said entertainer.
Not permitted to be nude, unclothed, or in less that opaque attire, costume, or clothing so as to expose to view any position of the breasts below the top of the areola, or any portion of the pubic region, buttocks, and or genitals, unless upon a stage at least two feet above the customer floor and a sufficient distance from the customers to prevent the customers from touching the entertainers.
Not permitted to demand or collect any payment or gratuity from any customer for entertainment, except as follows:
While such entertainer is on the stage, by placing such payment or gratuity into a box affixed to the stage; or
While such entertainer is not on the stage, by either placing such payment or gratuity into the entertainer’s hand.
CUSTOMERS ARE:
Not permitted to be upon the stage at any time; and
Not permitted to touch, caress, or fondle the breasts, pubic region, buttocks, or genitals of any employee, server, or entertainer or engage in solicitation for prostitution.
(G) Lighting required. The premises of all adult entertainment businesses shall be equipped with overhead lighting of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which customers are permitted access to an illumination of not less than one footcandle as measured at the floor level, and such illumination must be maintained at all times that any customer or patron is present in or on the premises.
(H) Closed booth or room prohibited. The premises of all adult entertainment businesses shall be physically arranged in such manner that the entire interior portions of any booths, cubicles, rooms, or stalls is visible from a common area of the premises. Visibility shall not be blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, drapes, or any other obstruction whatsoever.
(I) Ventilation and sanitation requirements. The premises of all adult entertainment businesses shall be kept in a sanitary condition. Separate dressing rooms and restrooms for men and women shall at all times be maintained and kept in a sanitary condition.
(J) Hours of operation. No adult entertainment business may be open or in use between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on any day other than a Sunday when the business may not be open between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon.
(Ord. 93-004, passed 4-20-1993)