(a) General Compliance. All registered premises and sexually oriented business establishments shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, and with the provisions of all other applicable City ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations and all other applicable Federal, State and local laws.
(b) Hours of Operation.
(1) No sexually oriented business establishment shall be open for business at any time on any State of Ohio or Federal holiday.
(2) No sexually oriented business establishment shall be open for business between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on any day.
(3) No sexually oriented business establishment shall be open for business at any time on any Sunday.
(c) Animals. No animals, except those trained and required to assist disabled persons, shall be permitted at any time or in any sexually oriented business establishment or registered premises.
(d) Restrooms. All restrooms in a sexually oriented business establishment shall be equipped with standard toilets, sinks, and other traditional lavatory facilities. No adult materials or live performances shall be provided or allowed at any time in the restrooms of a sexually oriented business establishment. Separate male and female restrooms shall be provided for and used by sexually oriented business establishment employees and patrons.
(e) Restricted Access. No sexually oriented business establishment patron shall be permitted at any time to enter into any of the non-public portions of any sexually oriented business establishment, including specifically, but without limitation, any storage areas or dressing or other rooms provided for the benefit of sexually oriented business employees. This division shall not apply to persons delivering goods and materials, food and beverages, or performing maintenance or repairs to the registered premises or to any persons performing appropriate legal inspections. These persons shall remain in the nonpublic areas only for the purposes and to the extent and time necessary to perform their job duties.
(f) Specific Prohibited Acts.
(1) No sexually oriented business employee or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment shall appear, be present, or perform while nude, semi-nude; further, no such employee shall appear, be present, or perform while nude at any sexually oriented business establishment that serves or otherwise provides alcoholic liquor pursuant to a registration issued by the State of Ohio.
(2) No sexually oriented business employee or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment shall perform or conduct any specified sexual activity with or for any sexually oriented business patron or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment. No sexually oriented business establishment patron or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment shall perform or conduct any specified sexual activity with or for any sexually oriented business establishment employee or patron or any other person at any sexually oriented business establishment.
(3) Straddle dances, as previously defined, shall be prohibited at all sexually oriented business establishments.
(g) Noise. No loudspeakers or sound equipment audible beyond the registered premises shall be used at any time.
(h) Gambling and Related Devices Prohibited. No sexually oriented business establishment shall contain any video, pinball, slot, bagatelle, pigeon-hold, pool, or any other games, machines, tables, or implements.
(i) Manager's Station. Each sexually oriented business establishment shall have one or more manager's stations. The interior of each sexually oriented business establishment shall be configured in such a manner that there is a direct and substantially unobstructed view at least one manager's station to every part of each area, except restrooms, of the establishment to which any sexually oriented business establishment patron is permitted access for any purpose.
(j) Alcohol Prohibition. No sexually oriented business establishment that serves or otherwise provides alcoholic liquor pursuant to a liquor license shall provide or allow sexually oriented business establishment employees that appear, are present, or perform while nude.
(k) Employee Registration. All applications for a sexually oriented business registration, or the renewal thereof, shall be made in writing to the City Manager on a form prescribed by the City Manager and shall be signed by the applicant. Every applicant for an employee registration shall pay an administrative process fee in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300.00). The following information shall be required:
(1) The applicant's legal name, all of the applicant's aliases, the applicant's address, telephone number and social security number, written proof of the applicant's age, and the citizenship and place of birth of the applicant.
(2) The name and location, including street address and telephone number of the sexually oriented business establishment for which the registrant will be working.
(3) The title of the job the registrant will be performing.
Such employee registration shall be operative and valid for a period of one year commencing on the date of issuance and may be renewed only by making an application. An application shall be made at least 30 days before the expiration date.
(Ord. 2003-46. Passed 5-20-03.)