All sexually oriented businesses classified under § 118.03 shall comply with the following requirements:
(A) Except as otherwise provided by laws which may be more restrictive, no owner or operator of an establishment shall knowingly permit a person under 18 years of age to be employed by or enter the establishment.
(B) An establishment must have an employee on duty at all times in which the business is open and must be positioned at a station in the premises which is located in such a manner that the entrance can be monitored at all times. Any person who reasonably appears to be under the age of 18 shall be requested to verify his or her age. All persons under the age of 18 discovered in the establishment shall be immediately escorted out of the premises.
(C) No establishment, except for an adult motel, shall remain open at any time between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday. Further, no establishment, except for an adult motel, shall be open on Sunday or any holiday legally recognized by the Commonwealth.
(D) No act of specified sexual activities including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, or sexual contact shall be permitted in or on the licensed premises of any sexually oriented business, except legal sexual activity permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth in an adult motel. No owner, operator, licensee or employee of a sexually oriented business shall knowingly permit these activities to occur on the licensed premises.
(E) All sexually oriented businesses in operation in the city on the effective date of this chapter shall comply with the terms and conditions hereof within 120 days after the effective date of this chapter; provided, however, that any sexually oriented business in operation in the city on the effective date of this chapter shall, to the extent not in compliance with § 118.14, be deemed a nonconforming use.
(Ord. 782, passed 8-10-2023) Penalty, see § 118.99