(A) No sexually oriented business, except for an adult motel, may remain open at any time except as follows:
(1) Monday-Saturday. Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on each day.
(2) Sunday. All sexually oriented businesses shall be closed.
(B) Each licensee shall require and shall have all non-employees (which specifically includes but is not limited to all patrons and customers) off of the premises as defined within § 117.02 within ten minutes after the closing times provided herein and shall require and have all employees, except cleaning and maintenance employees described within subparagraph (D), off of the premises within twenty minutes after the closing times provided herein, which 10-minutes and 20-minutes respectively shall be considered a grace period to all times for closing and for the named persons to leave the premises. Notwithstanding the grace period herein all business activities shall cease at the closing hours specified herein.
(C) Whenever time is referred to in this subsection, it shall be understood and is hereby enacted that the same shall be consistent with the official time of the City of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, whether the same shall be central standard time or central daylight savings time.
(D) No person, including but not limited to any employee, licensee or patron, except the business licensee (i.e. licensed operator) or a paid employee who is on duty for and actually engaged in cleaning or maintenance of the premises shall remain in or at a licensed premises after the closing and grace times specified herein above.
(Prior Code, Art. 11, § 11.15.28)