(A) Purpose and intent. It is declared to be the purpose and intent of this section to protect the public health, safety, welfare and morals of the community, to promote the stability of property values, and impose restrictions upon those activities which pander to gross sexuality in a manner that would detract from the neighborhood, adversely affect the property values, increase crime and violence, and be repugnant to the morals of the community. In recognition of the protections afforded to citizens under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, it is not the intent of this section to inhibit freedom of speech or the press, but rather to deter those of low morals from imposing their lack of morals upon the rest of the community; and further recognizing that those parts of a community, which become centers of loose moral conduct, frequently become places of rowdiness, criminality, and indecent behavior. It is further the belief that, just as advertising is designed to stimulate one's appetite for desiring goods or a service, an over-abundance of preoccupation with sexual displays or material arouses the appetites of those so preoccupied and encourages violations of the criminal statutes involving sexual offenses and is contrary to the health, safety and welfare of the community.
(B) Prohibition.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any business entity that sells alcoholic beverages to the general public to offer or allow exotic/unusual entertainment without first having received written approval from the Chief of Police or his designee.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage or participate in any exotic/unusual entertainment in any location where alcoholic beverages are served to the general public unless that business entity has first received written approval from the Chief of Police or his designee.
(C) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS ENTITY. Any and all persons, natural and artificial, including any individual, firm, corporation or association serving alcohol to the general public pursuant to a license issued by the New Hampshire Liquor Commission.
EXOTIC/UNUSUAL ENTERTAINMENT. This shall mean and include but not be limited to male and female exotic dances, contests involving audience participation such as swimsuit contests, wet tee shirt contests, hot legs contests, best body contests, hard body contests, tattoo contests, and toga parties.
(Ord. passed 12-3-96) Penalty, see § 130.99