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Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 7 : Sexually Oriented Business Regulations

9-725 : Regulations pertaining to live entertainment.

  1. For purposes of this section, "live entertainment" is defined as a person who appears nude, semi-nude, or a performance which is characterized by the exposure of "specified anatomical areas" or by "specified sexual activities."
  2. No person shall perform live entertainment for patron(s) of a sexually oriented business establishment except upon a stage at least eighteen (18) inches above the level of the floor which is separated by a distance of at least ten (10) feet from the nearest area occupied by patron(s). No patron shall be permitted within ten (10) feet of the stage while the stage is occupied by a performer.
  3. The sexually oriented business establishment shall provide separate dressing room facilities for female and male performers which shall not be occupied or used in any way by any one other than performers.
  4. The sexually oriented business establishment shall provide access for performers between the stage and the dressing rooms which is completely separated from patrons. If such separate access is not physically feasible, the establishment shall provide a minimum four (4) foot wide walk aisle for performers between the dressing room area and the stage, with a railing, fence or other barrier separating the patrons and the performers which prevents any physical contact between patrons and performers.
  5. No entertainer, either before, during, or after a performance, shall have physical contact with any patron and no patron shall have physical contact with any entertainer either before, during or after a performance. This subsection shall only apply to physical contact while in or on the premises of the establishment.
  6. Fixed rail(s) at least thirty (30) inches in height shall be maintained establishing the separations between performers and patrons required by this section.
  7. No patron shall directly pay or give any gratuity to any entertainer. A patron who wishes to pay or give a gratuity to a performer shall place the gratuity in a container that is at all times located separately from the performers for the purpose of preventing any physical contact between a patron and a performer. No performer shall solicit any gratuity from any patron.
  8. No operator of a sexually oriented business establishment shall cause or allow a performer to contract or engage in any entertainment such as a "couch" or a "straddle" dance with a patron while in or on the establishment premises. For purposes of this subsection, "couch" or "straddle" dance is defined as an employee of the establishment intentionally touching or coming within ten (10) feet of any patron while engaged in the display or exposure of any "specified anatomical area," or any "specified sexual activity." For purposes of this subsection, employee is defined as it is in § 9-702(2).
  9. Section 9-725 shall not apply to an employee of an establishment who, while acting as a waiter, waitress, host, hostess, or bar tender, comes within ten (10) feet of a patron. No employee shall engage in any "specified sexual activity" or display or expose any "specified anatomical area" while acting as a waiter, waitress, host, hostess, or bar tender.
  10. Compliance with this section.
    1. For purposes of this section, establishment is defined as it is in § 9-702(3) of this chapter. No establishment shall be in compliance with this section until the town's designated agent(s) have inspected and approved of the establishment's compliance. The town shall have ten (10) days from the date it receives written notice from the operator that the establishment is ready for inspection to approve or disapprove of compliance required by this section. Failure to approve or disapprove of compliance within ten (10) days shall constitute a finding of compliance under this section.
    2. The operator of an establishment, that has been providing live entertainment under a valid sexually oriented business permit, shall the time periods listed below in which to bring the establishment into compliance with this section. Failure to do so while continuing to provide live entertainment shall cause the establishment's permit to be suspended under § 9-715 of this chapter. The permit shall remain suspended until the establishment is approved by the town's designated agent(s) as being in full compliance with this section.
    3. The operator of establishment, that has been operating under a valid permit for another classification of sexually oriented business and who wishes to provide live entertainment at that establishment, shall apply for the receive a sexually oriented business permit for the operation of an establishment providing live entertainment before any life entertainment is provided at that establishment. No live entertainment permit shall be issued until the establishment is approved as being in full compliance with this section and all other applicable requirements of this chapter.
    4. The applicant for a permit to operate a new establishment, who wishes to provide live entertainment, shall apply for and receive a sexually oriented business permit for the operation of an establishment providing live entertainment before any live entertainment is provided. No live entertainment permit shall be issued until the establishment is approved as being in full compliance with this section and all other applicable requirements of this chapter.
    5. Subsection (2): Sixty (60) days from the date this section becomes effective.
    6. Subsection (3): Ninety (90) days from the date this section becomes effective.
    7. Subsection (4): Ninety (90) days from the date this section becomes effective.
    8. Subsection (5): Upon the date this section becomes effective.
    9. Subsection (6): Sixty days (60) days from the date this section becomes effective.
    10. Subsection (7): Upon the date this section becomes effective.
    11. Subsection (8): Upon the date this section becomes effective. (as added by Ord. #02-28, June 2002)