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Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 2 : Adult-Oriented Establishments

9-212 : Responsibilities of the operator.

  1. The operator shall maintain a register of all employees and/or entertainers showing the names, and aliases used by the employee, home address, age, birth date, sex, height, weight, color of hair and eyes, phone numbers, social security number, date of employment and termination, and duties of each employee and such other information as may be required by the city commission. The above information on each employee shall be maintained in the register on the premises for a period of five (5) years following termination.
  2. The operator shall make the register of the employees available immediately for inspection by the Blount County Sheriff or the City of Rockford upon demand at all hours of operation and any other reasonable times.
  3. Every act or omission by an employee constituting a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed the act or omission of the operator if such act or omission occurs either with the authorization, knowledge, or approval of the operator, or as a result of the operator's negligent failure to supervise the employee's conduct, and the operator shall be punishable for such act or omission in the same manner as if the operator committed the act or caused the omission.
  4. An operator shall be responsible for the conduct of all employees and/or entertainers while on the licensed premises and any act or omission of any employee and/or entertainer constituting a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed the act or omission of the operator for purposes of determining whether the operator's license shall be revoked, suspended or renewed.
  5. There shall be posted and conspicuously displayed in the common areas of each adult-oriented establishment a list of any and all entertainment provided on the premises. Such list shall further indicate the specific fee or charge in dollar amounts for each entertainment listed. Viewing adult-oriented motion pictures shall be considered as entertainment. The operator shall make the list available immediately upon demand of the Blount County Sheriff or the City of Rockford at all hours of operation and any other reasonable times.
  6. No employee of an adult-oriented establishment shall allow any minor to loiter around or to frequent an adult-oriented establishment or to allow any minor to view adult entertainment as defined herein.
  7. Every adult-oriented establishment shall be physically arranged in such a manner that the entire interior portion of the booths, cubicles, rooms or stalls, wherein adult entertainment is provided, shall be visible from the common area of the premises. Visibility shall not be blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, partitions, drapes, or any other obstruction whatsoever. It shall be unlawful to install booths, cubicles, rooms or stalls within adult-oriented establishments for whatever purpose, but especially for the purpose of secluded viewing of adult-oriented motion pictures of other types of adult entertainment.
  8. The operator shall be responsible for and shall provide that any room or area used for the purpose of viewing adult-oriented motion pictures or other types of live adult entertainment shall be readily accessible at all times and shall be continuously opened to view in its entirety.
  9. No operator, entertainer, or employee of an adult-oriented establishment shall demand or collect all or any portion of a fee for entertainment before its completion.

  10. A sign shall be conspicuously displayed in the common area of the premises, and shall read as follows:

    This Adult-Oriented Establishment is regulated by the City of Rockford Municipal Ordinance. Entertainers are:

    1. Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual contact and/or conduct;
    2. Not permitted to expose their sex organs;
    3. Not permitted to demand or collect all or any portion of a fee for entertainment before its completion. (as added by Ord. #120904, Jan. 2005)