§ 117.41 LIVE PERFORMANCES, ADULT DANCING, VIEWING BOOTHS.
   (A)   In addition to the requirements contained elsewhere in the city's Code of Ordinances, a business in which live performances and/or adult dancing is/are conducted shall observe the following requirements:
      (1)   All live entertainment activities performed shall be limited to the established adult entertainment area as set forth below.
      (2)   No person, except an employee, agent, servant or independent contractor of the permittee, in an Adult Oriented Business shall be positioned in or occupy the adult entertainment area; which shall consist of a platform or other structure raised not less than eighteen inches (18") nor more than twenty-four inches (24") above the immediately surrounding main floor area and encompassing an area of at least one hundred (100) square feet, and while the person so displaying or exhibiting is positioned not less than five (5) feet from any patron or spectator.
      (3)   No patron or spectator shall be present in the adult entertainment area defined above during the course of any performance by an employee, agent, servant, or independent contractor of the permittee of an Adult Oriented Business.
      (4)   No person maintaining, managing, owning, or operating an Adult Oriented Business shall suffer, allow or permit the construction, maintenance, or use of booths which are partitioned or screened from public view that are designed, in form or substance, to be occupied or are commonly occupied, alone or together by any person or persons on the premises of such Adult Oriented Businesses for performance, private or otherwise, involving the display of or exhibition of specified anatomical areas or to permit any employee or patron to violate any provision of this chapter.
      (5)   No person on the premises of an adult dancing business shall be permitted to use or be present in areas partitioned or screened from public view that are designed, in form or substance, to be occupied together or alone by any person or persons on the premises of such Adult Oriented Business for the display of or exhibition of specified anatomical areas or to permit any employee or patron to violate any provision of this chapter.
      (6)   Nothing in this chapter pertaining to adult dancing businesses shall be construed to permit or authorize any act or activities that are prohibited by state law and these sections are meant to be in addition to any acts or activities that are so prohibited.
   (B)   Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class B Misdemeanor as defined by § 117.99.
(Ord. 98-1162A, passed 11-12-98)