A. Employee Behavior: No employee on the premises of an adult entertainment establishment may engage in any specified criminal activity, specified sexual activities or excretory functions.
B. Nudity Prohibited: No employee or any other person at any adult entertainment establishment may appear, be present, or perform while nude.
C. Distance From Patrons: Any employee appearing on the premises of an adult entertainment establishment in a place that can be viewed by patrons when said employee is in a state of seminudity must be on a stage that is at least forty five inches (45") from the floor, and at a distance at least seventy two inches (72") from all parts of a clearly designated area in which patrons will be present, and no patron shall be permitted in any area closer than seventy two inches (72") from the stage.
D. Touching Prohibited: No employee appearing on the premises of an adult entertainment establishment in a state of seminudity may intentionally or knowingly touch a patron or a patron's clothing or permit himself or herself to be touched by a patron or a patron's clothing. No employee may intentionally or knowingly touch a patron's specified anatomical areas either directly or through clothing or other covering. No employee may intentionally or knowingly permit a patron to touch the employee's specified anatomical areas either directly or through clothing or other covering. For purposes of this subsection, touching need not be accomplished by the hand, and includes the touching by any part of the toucher's body, clothing or device held by the toucher.
E. Female And Male Dressing Rooms Separate: All adult entertainment establishments that offer live entertainment must provide separate dressing room facilities for female and male employees, and which shall not be occupied or used in any way by anyone other than employees.
F. Persons Under The Age Of Eighteen: No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted on the premises of an adult entertainment establishment. Mistake of age is not a defense to a charge under this section, unless the person under the age of eighteen (18) who was permitted on the premises exhibited to the employee a driver's license, or other apparently official government issued identification card bearing the patron's photograph, and purporting to show that the person was eighteen (18) years of age or over, and the employee to whom that document was exhibited did not otherwise have reasonable cause to believe that the person seeking admittance was under eighteen (18) years.
G. Hours: No adult entertainment establishment shall remain open at any time between the hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight and twelve o'clock (12:00) noon on weekdays and Saturdays, and must be closed on Sundays and any legal state of Illinois or federal holiday, nor shall any entertainment, service, or product be provided to a patron on the premises of an adult entertainment establishment during those hours.
H. Minimum Lighting Level:
1. The premises of every adult entertainment establishment shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access, including restrooms, at an illumination level of not less than one hundred fifty (150) foot-candles as measured at floor level.
2. The illumination described in subsection H1 of this section shall be maintained at all times that any patron is present in the premises. In the event of a power failure, the business shall stop operating immediately and all patrons shall be cleared from the premises. The premises shall not be reopened until the minimum illumination level is restored.
I. Observation From Outside Premises: No adult entertainment establishment shall be operated in any manner that permits the observation from outside the premises of any image, material or entertainment depicting or describing excretory functions, specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas or any person in a state of nudity or seminudity, whether by means of display, decoration, sign, window or any other means. (Ord. 2010-809, 4-6-2010)