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Article V. General Regulations of Sexually Oriented Businesses
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It is unlawful for any sexually oriented business to:

A. Allow persons under the age of eighteen years, or the age of twenty-one years if required by applicable alcohol ordinance, on the business premises, except that in adult businesses, which exclude minors from less than all of the business premises, minors shall not be permitted in excluded areas;

B. Allow, offer or agree to conduct any escort services with persons under the age of eighteen years;

C. Allow, offer or agree to allow any alcohol being stored, used or consumed on or in the business premises;

D. Allow the outside door to the premises to be locked while any customer is in the business premises;

E. Allow, offer or agree to gambling on the business premises;

F. Allow, offer or agree to any employee of a sexually oriented business touching any patron or customer;

G. Allow, offer or agree to the illegal possession, use, sale or distribution of controlled substances on the business premises;

H. Allow sexually oriented business employees to possess, use, sell or distribute controlled substances, while engaged in the activities of the business;

I. Allow, offer or agree to commit prostitution, solicitation of prostitution, solicitation of a minor or commit activities harmful to a minor to occur on the business premises, or in the event of an escort or escort services, the escort or employee committing, offering, or agreeing to commit prostitution, attempting to commit prostitution, soliciting prostitution, soliciting a minor, or committing activities harmful to a minor;

J. Allow, offer, commit or agree to any specified sexual activity in the presence of any customer or patron;

K. Allow, offer or agree to allow a patron or customer to commit specific sexual activities in the presence of an employee or on the business premises;

L. Allow, offer or agree to any employee of a sexually oriented business appearing before any customer or patron in a state of nudity, unless licensed as an adult theater;

M. Allow, offer, or agree that any employee of a sexually oriented business should appear before any customer or patron in a state of partial nudity without their employee license on their person or in their immediate control;

N. Allow, offer, or agree to commit an act of lewdness as defined herein; or

O. Not permit the police department or other proper city official to have access at all times to all premises licensed or applying for a license under this chapter, or to make periodic inspection of said business premises whether the officer or official is in uniform or plain clothes. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to areas of an adult motel which are currently being rented by a customer for use as a permanent or temporary habitation. (Ord. 10/6/2009O-18 § 2 (part))