A sexually oriented business which features persons who appear in a state of nudity or engage in live performances which are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities shall be operated in accordance with the following regulations. No licensee or operator shall knowingly fail to ensure compliance with these regulations:
(a) No person shall appear in a state of nudity or engage in a live performance which is characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities except upon a stage elevated at least 18 inches above floor level. All parts of the stage, or a clearly designated area thereof within which the person appears in a state of nudity or performs, shall be a distance of at least three feet from all parts of a clearly designated area in which patrons may be present. The stage or designated area thereof shall be separated from the area in which patrons may be located by a barrier or railing, the top of which is at least three feet above floor level. No person appearing in a state of nudity or engaging in such live performances, or any patron, may extend any part of his or her body over or beyond the barrier or railing.
(b) No employee may touch the breast, buttocks or genitals of a patron, nor may a patron touch the breast, buttocks or genitals of an employee.
(c) No patron may place any money on the person or in or on the costume of an employee.
(d) No person under the age of 18 years may observe such live performances or appear in a state of nudity or engage in such live performance, on the premises of a sexually oriented business.
(e) A sign, in a form to be prescribed by the Director of Public Service, summarizing the provisions of divisions (a), (c) and (d) of this section, shall be posted near the entrance of the sexually oriented business in such a manner as to be clearly visible to patrons upon entry.
(Ord. 1996-5. Passed 2-12-96.)