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Title 9 Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 7 Sexually-Oriented Businesses
Title 9 Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 7 Sexually-Oriented Businesses
Maryville
Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 7 : Sexually-Oriented Businesses
9-703 : Prevention of sexual activity.
- No person who owns, operates or manages a sexually-oriented business shall permit "specified sexual activities," as defined in this chapter, to occur on the premises.
- No commercial building, structure, premises, or portion thereof, shall be designed for, or used to, promote high-risk sexual conduct.
- No person who owns, operates, causes to be operated or manages a sexually-oriented business, other than an adult motel, which exhibits on the premises in any one (1) or more viewing rooms or booths of less than one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space, a film, video cassette, other reproduction or live entertainment which depicts "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas," shall cause or allow any deviation from the following requirements:
- 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. No manager's station may exceed thirty-two (32) square feet of floor area. If the premises has two (2) or more manager's stations, 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, excluding restrooms, from at least one (1) of the manager's stations. Each such area shall remain unobstructed by doors, curtains, partitions, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials. All viewing rooms and booths shall have at least one (1) side open so that the area inside is visible from a manager's station. The view required in this subsection must be by direct line of sight from the manager's station.
- No alteration in the configuration or location of a manager's station may be made without the prior approval of the codes department.
- At least one (1) employee shall be on duty and situated in each manager's station at all times that any patron is present inside the premises.
- No viewing room or booth may be occupied by more than one (1) person at any time.
- Each viewing room or booth shall be lighted in such a manner that persons within are visible from a manager's station. The illumination level of each viewing room or booth, when not in use, shall be a minimum of ten (10) foot-candles at all times, as measured from the floor. The illumination level of all other portions of the premises open to the public shall be a minimum of ten (10) foot-candles at all times.
- No patron shall be permitted access to any area which has been designated as an area in which patrons will not be allowed.
- Each viewing room or booth shall be totally separated from adjacent viewing rooms and booths and any non-public areas by walls. All such walls shall be solid and extended from the floor to a height of not less than six feet (6') and shall be of light colored, nonporous, non-absorbent, smooth textured and easily cleanable material. No such wall may be constructed of plywood or composition board. No opening or aperture of any kind shall be allowed to exist between viewing rooms or booths. No person shall make or attempt to make an opening or aperture of any kind between viewing rooms or booths.
- All floor coverings in viewing rooms or booths shall be light colored, nonporous, non-absorbent, smooth textured, easily cleanable surfaces, with no rugs or carpeting.
- Their premises shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner at all times.
- No occupant of a viewing room or booth shall be allowed to damage or deface any portion therein or to engage in any type of sexual activity causing any bodily discharge or litter while inside. (1999 Code, § 9-803)
Date Last Updated: 12/22/2025
Codification Date: 06/01/2024
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Andy White
Vice-Mayor - Fred Metz
Council Member - Sarah Herron
Council Member - Tommy Hunt
Council Member - Drew Miles
City Manager - Greg McClain
Assistant City Manager - Kevin Stoltenberg
City Recorder/Financial Services Director - Sherri Phillips
City Attorney - Melanie Davis