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

9-705 : Specified criminal activity by operators, employees, entertainers and others.

  1. No person may own or operate a sexually-oriented business within the city if:


    1. He has a record of "specified criminal activity," as defined in this chapter, if the owner or operator is an individual.
    2. Any officer, director, partner or other individual having at least a ten percent (10%) direct or indirect beneficial financial interest in the operator and has a record of "specified criminal activity" as defined in this chapter, if the owner or operator is a corporation, partnership or other form of business organization.
  2. No operator of a sexually-oriented business may allow any employee who has a record of "specified criminal activity," as defined in this chapter, to work on the premises of the business.
  3. No operator of a sexually-oriented business may allow any entertainer who has a record of "specified criminal activity," as defined in this chapter, to perform on the premises of the business.
  4. No operator or employee of a sexually-oriented business may knowingly allow any "specified criminal activity" to occur on the premises of the business.
  5. No operator or employee of a sexually-oriented business may allow any patron or customer who has carried out any "specified criminal activity" on the premises of the business to reenter the premises.
  6. The police department shall investigate the criminal record of any person identified pursuant to § 9-709(4) as well as any employee of a sexually-oriented business or any entertainer performing in a sexually-oriented business. No person shall have an interest as identified in § 9-709(4) unless such person has satisfactorily completed such a criminal background investigation, nor shall any person be an employee or entertainer at a sexually-oriented business unless such person has submitted to, and successfully passed, a police background investigation. Each police background investigation shall be subject to a charge of eighty dollars ($80.00) which shall be paid by the owner/operator of the sexually-oriented business or by the employee or performer. The obligation is on the permit holder to advise the city of any new person for whom a background check is required under this section. (1999 Code, § 9-805, modified)
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 

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