§ 3-2. Erotic dance establishment regulations.
(a)
No person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity shall advertise or cause to be advertised an erotic dance establishment without a valid adult entertainment establishment license.
(b)
No later than March 1st of each year, an erotic dance establishment licensee shall file a verified report with the license officer showing the licensee's gross receipts and amounts paid to dancers for the preceding calendar year.
(c)
An erotic dance establishment licensee shall maintain and retain for a period of two years the names, addresses and ages of all persons employed as dancers.
(d)
No adult entertainment establishment licensee shall employ or contract with as a dancer a person under the age of 18 years or a person not licensed pursuant to this article.
(e)
No person under the age of 18 years shall be admitted to an adult entertainment establishment.
(f)
An erotic dance establishment may be open only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. through 2:00 a.m. on Sunday. No licensee shall permit his place of business to open on Christmas Day.
(g)
No erotic dance establishment licensee shall serve, sell, distribute or suffer the consumption or possession of any alcoholic beverages or controlled substance upon the premises of the licensee.
(h)
An adult entertainment establishment licensee shall conspicuously display all licenses required by this article.
(i)
All dancing shall occur on a platform intended for that purpose which is raised at least two feet from the level of the floor.
(j)
No dancing shall occur closer than ten feet to any patron.
(k)
No dancer shall fondle or caress any patron, and no patron shall fondle or caress any dancer.
(l)
No patron shall directly pay or give any gratuity to any dancer.
(m)
No dancer shall solicit any pay or gratuity from any patron.
(n)
All areas of an establishment licensed hereunder shall be fully lighted at all times patrons are present. Full lighting shall mean illumination equal to three and five-tenths foot candles per square foot.
(o)
If any portion or subsection of this section of this article or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
(Min. of 7-20-93(2); Ord. of 10-18-94)