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SPECIAL REGULATIONS
(A) Prohibited except in adult stores. Adult booths shall be prohibited in all adult entertainment establishments except adult stores.
(B) Occupancy and prohibited acts. Only one individual shall occupy an adult booth at any one time. No individual occupying an adult booth shall engage in any specified sexual activities. No individual shall steal, damage or deface any portion of an adult booth.
(C) Open booth requirement. In addition to satisfying the requirement of § 119.110, all adult stores containing adult booths shall be physically arranged in a manner that the entire interior portion of each adult booth shall be visible from the common area of the adult store. To satisfy this requirement, there shall be a permanently open and unobstructed entranceway for each adult booth and for the entranceway from the area of the adult store that provides other adult materials to the area of the adult store containing the adult booths. Each of these entranceways shall not be capable of being closed or obstructed, entirely or partially, by any door, curtain, partition, drapes or any other obstruction whatsoever than would be capable of wholly or partially obscuring the area of the adult store containing the adult booths or any person situated in an adult booth. It shall be unlawful to install adult booths within an adult entertainment establishment for the purpose of providing secluded viewing of adult materials or live performances.
(D) Aisle required. There shall be one continuous lighted main aisle alongside the adult booths provided in any adult store. Each person situated in a booth shall be visible at all times from the aisle.
(E) Holes prohibited. Except for the open booth entranceway, the walls and partitions of each adult booth shall be constructed and maintained of solid walls or partitions without any holes or openings whatsoever.
(F) Signage. A sign shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entranceway to each adult booth that states that only one person is allowed in an adult booth at any one time; that it is unlawful to engage in any specified sexual activities while in an adult booth; and that it is unlawful to damage or deface any portion of an adult booth.
(G) Age limitations.
(1) No adult establishment employee or adult establishment patron at an adult booth or a licensed premises that includes an adult booth shall be under the age of 18.
(2) No person under the age of 18 shall be admitted to any adult booth or any licensed premises that includes an adult booth.
(3) No person under the age of 18 shall be allowed or permitted to remain at any adult booth or at any licensed premises that includes an adult booth.
(4) No person under the age of 18 shall be allowed or permitted to purchase or receive, whether for consideration or not, any adult material or other goods or services at or from any adult booth or any licensed premises that includes an adult booth.
(1980 Code, § 119.110) (Res. 99-320, passed 8-19-1999) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Performance area. The performance area of an adult cabaret shall be limited to one or more stages of platforms permanently anchored to the floor (a “cabaret stage”). Each cabaret stage shall be at least 18 inches in elevation above the level of the patron seating areas. Each cabaret stage shall be separated by a distance of at least eight feet from all areas of the premises to which adult entertainment patrons have access. A continuous barrier at least three feet in height and located at least eight feet from all points of each cabaret stage shall separate each cabaret stage from all patron seating areas. The barrier shall consist of horizontal or vertical members spaced no more than nine inches apart and nine inches from the floor or the walls to which it is attached.
(B) Lighting. Sufficient lighting shall be provided and equally distributed throughout the public areas of the adult cabaret so that all objects are plainly visible at all times. A minimum lighting level of not less than 30 lux horizontal, measured at 30 inches from the floor and on ten-foot centers shall be maintained at all times for all areas of the adult cabaret where adult establishment patrons are admitted.
(C) Tipping. No tip or gratuity from any adult establishment patron may be offered or accepted for any performance by an adult establishment employee on any adult cabaret stage at any time prior to the completion of any performance. No adult establishment patron shall offer, and no adult establishment employee having performed on any cabaret stage shall accept any form of tip or gratuity offered directly to the employee by the adult establishment patron. Following completion of a performance, all tips and gratuities to adult establishment employees performing on any cabaret stage shall be placed into a receptacle provided for receipt of tips and gratuities by the adult entertainment establishment.
(D) Notice of select rules. A sign at least two feet by two feet, with letters at least one inch high, shall be conspicuously displayed on or adjacent to every cabaret stage stating the following:
This adult cabaret is regulated by the County of Will. Entertainers are:
1. Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct.
2. Not permitted to appear in a state of nudity.
3. Not permitted to accept tips or gratuities for any performance until after completion of the performance.
4. Not permitted to accept any tips directly from patrons even after completion of the performance. Any such tips must be placed into the receptacle provided by management.
(E) Age limitations.
(1) No adult establishment employee or adult establishment patron at any adult cabaret or a licensed premises used for an adult cabaret shall be under the age of 21.
(2) No person under the age of 21 shall be admitted to any adult cabaret or to any licensed premises used for an adult cabaret.
(3) No person under the age of 21 shall be allowed or permitted to remain at any adult cabaret or any licensed premises used for an adult cabaret.
(4) No person under the age of 21 shall be allowed or permitted to purchase or receive, whether for consideration or not, any adult material or othergoods or services at or from any adult cabaret or any licensed premises used for an adult cabaret.
(1980 Code, § 119.111) (Res. 99-320, passed 8-19-1999) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Windows and signs. Window areas for adult stores shall not be covered or obstructed in any way. No signs or other obstructions shall be placed in the windows.
(B) Age limitations.
(1) No adult establishment employee or adult establishment patron at an adult store or a licensed premises used for an adult store shall be under the age of 18.
(2) No person under the age of 18 shall be admitted to any adult store or to any licensed premises used for an adult store.
(3) No person under the age of 18 shall be allowed or permitted to remain at any adult store or any licensed premises used for an adult store.
(4) No person under the age of 18 shall be allowed or permitted to purchase or receive, whether for consideration or not, any adult material or other goods or services at or from any adult store or any licensed premises used for an adult store.
(1980 Code, § 119.112) (Res. 99-320, passed 8-19-1999) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Seating. Each adult theater shall provide seating only in individual chairs with arms or in seats separated from each other by immovable arms and not on couches, benches or any other multiple person seating structures. The number of seats shall equal the maximum number of persons who may occupy the adult theater.
(B) Aisle. Each adult theater shall have a continuous main aisle alongside the seating area in order that each person seated in the adult theater shall be visible from the aisle at all times.
(C) Sign. Each adult theater shall have a sign posted in a conspicuous place at or near each entranceway to the auditorium or similar area that lists the maximum numbers of persons who may occupy the auditorium area, which number shall not exceed the number of seats in the auditorium area.
(D) Age limitations.
(1) No adult establishment employee or adult establishment patron at an adult theater or a licensed premises used for an adult theater shall be under the age of 18.
(2) No person under the age of 18 shall be admitted to any adult theater or to any licensed premises used for an adult theater.
(3) No person under the age of 18 shall be allowed or permitted to remain at any adult theater or any licensed premises used for an adult theater.
(4) No person under the age of 18 shall be allowed or permitted to purchase or receive, whether for consideration or not, any adult material or other goods or services at or from any adult theater of any licensed premises used for an adult theater.
(1980 Code, § 119.113) (Res. 99-320, passed 8-19-1999) Penalty, see § 10.99
LICENSE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION
Pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 119.141, the Adult Use Commission may suspend for not more than 30 days, or revoke, any adult establishment license if the Adult Use Commission, based on credible and reasonably reliable information and evidence, determines that any one or more of the following has occurred.
(A) The licensee has violated any of the provisions or requirements of this chapter or the adult establishment license issued pursuant hereto, or the provisions of the County Zoning Ordinance applicable to the licensed premises or the adult entertainment establishment.
(B) The licensee knowingly or negligently furnished false or misleading information or withheld information on any application or other document submitted to the county for the issuance or renewal of any adult establishment license, or knowingly or negligently caused or suffered any other person to furnish or withhold any information on the licensee’s behalf.
(C) The licensee has committed a felony or specified criminal act on the licensed premises.
(D) The licensee authorizes, approves, or, as a result of the licensee’s negligent failure to supervise the licensed premises or the adult entertainment establishment, allows, an adult establishment employee, an adult establishment patron or any other person to violate any of the requirements of the adult establishment license issued pursuant hereto, or commit any felony or specified criminal act on the licensed premises.
(E) The licensee, or any person identified pursuant to § 119.038 becomes disqualified for the issuance of an adult establishment license at any time during the term of the license at issue.
(1980 Code, § 119.125) (Res. 99-320, passed 8-19-1999)
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