(A) Escort agencies.
(1) An escort agency shall not employ any person under the age of 18 years.
(2) A person commits an offense if he or she acts as an escort or agrees to act as an escort for any person under the age of 18 years.
(B) Nude model studios.
(1) A nude model studio shall not employ any person under the age of 18 years.
(2) A person commits an offense if he or she appears in a state of nudity or knowingly allows another to appear in a state of nudity in an area of a nude model studio premises which can be viewed from the public right-of-way.
(C) Adult theaters and adult motion picture theaters.
(1) A person commits an offense if he or she knowingly allows a person under the age of 18 years to appear in a state of nudity in or on the premises of an adult theater or adult motion picture theater.
(2) It is a defense to prosecution under division (A) above if the person under 18 years was in a restroom not open to public view or persons of the opposite sex.
(D) Adult motels.
(1) Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two or more times in a period of time that is less than ten hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in this chapter.
(2) A person commits an offense if, as the person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment that does not have a sexually oriented business license, he or she rents or sub-rents a sleeping room to a person and, within ten hours from the time the room is rented, he or she rents or sub-rents the same sleeping room again.
(3) For purposes of division (D) above, the terms “rent” or “sub-rent” mean the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
(E) Exhibition of sexually explicit films, videos, or live entertainment in viewing rooms.
(1) Requirements. A person who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business, other than an adult motel, which exhibits on the premises in a viewing room of less than 150 square feet of floor space, a film, video cassette, live entertainment or other video reproduction which depicts specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) Upon application for a sexually oriented business license, the application shall be accompanied by a diagram of the premises showing a plan thereof specifying the location of one or more manager’s stations and the location of all overhead lighting fixtures and designating any portion of the premises in which patrons will not be permitted. A manager’s station may not exceed 32 square feet of floor area. The diagram shall also designate the place at which the permit will be conspicuously posted, of granted. A professionally prepared diagram in the nature of an engineer’s or architect’s blueprint shall not be required; however, each diagram should be oriented to the north or to some designated street or object and should be drawn to a designated scale or with marked dimensions sufficient to show the various internal dimensions of all areas of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six inches. The city may waive the foregoing diagram for renewal applications if the applicant adopts a diagram that was previously submitted and certifies that the configuration of the premises has not been altered since it was prepared.
(b) The application shall be sworn to be true and correct by the applicant.
(c) No alteration in the configuration or location of a manager’s station may be made without the prior approval of the city or its designee.
(d) It is the duty of the owners and operator of the premises to ensure that at least one licensed employee is on duty and situated in each manager’s station at all times that any patron is present inside the premises.
(e) The interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view from a manager’s station of every area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose excluding restrooms. Restrooms may not contain video reproduction equipment. If the premises has two or more manager’s stations designated, then the interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view of each area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose from at least one of the manager’s stations. The view required in this subsection must be by direct line of sight from the manager’s station.
(f) It shall be the duty of the owners and operator, and it shall also be the duty of any agents and employees present in the premises to ensure that the view area specified in subsection (e) above remains unobstructed by any doors, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials at all times that any patron is present in the premises and to ensure that no patron is permitted access to any area of the premises which has been designated as an area in which patrons will not be permitted in the application filed pursuant to subsection (a) above.
(g) The premises shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access at an illumination of not less than one foot-candle as measured at the floor level.
(h) It shall be the duty of the licensee, owners and operator and it shall also be the duty of any agents and employees present in the premises to ensure that the illumination described above, is maintained at all times that any patron is present in the premises.
(i) No viewing room may be occupied by more than one person at any time.
(j) No licensee shall allow openings of any kind to exist between viewing rooms or booths.
(k) No person shall make or attempt to make an opening of any kind between viewing booths or rooms.
(l) The licensee shall, during each business day, regularly inspect the walls between the viewing booths to determine if any openings or holes exist and shall cover or repair all openings or holes with 24 hours.
(m) The licensee shall cause all floor coverings in viewing booths to be nonporous, easily cleanable surfaces, with no rugs or carpeting.
(n) The licensee shall cause all wall surfaces and ceiling surfaces in viewing booths to be constructed of, or permanently covered by, nonporous, easily cleanable material. No wood, plywood, composition board, or other porous material shall be used within 48 inches of the floor.
(2) Misdemeanor. A person having a duty under division (E)(1)(a) through (E)(1)(n) above commits a misdemeanor if the person knowingly fails to fulfill that duty.
(F) Additional regulations concerning public nudity. It shall be a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and intentionally, in a sexually oriented business, appear in a state of nudity or engage in specified sexual activities.
(Ord. 233, passed 1-10-05)