§ 2.5-23. Adult performance establishment.

In addition to the general requirements for an adult entertainment establishment contained in section 2.5-21, an adult performance establishment shall, regardless of whether it is licensed, observe the following special requirements:

(a)

It shall have a stage provided for the display or exposure of any specified anatomical area by a worker to a person consisting of a permanent platform (or other similar permanent structure) raised a minimum of eighteen (18) inches above the surrounding floor and encompassing an area of at least one hundred (100) square feet. The platform shall be located at least eighteen (18) inches from the nearest table, chair, area or other accommodation where customers are seated or otherwise located; and

(b)

Any area in which a private modeling or private performance occurs in an adult performance establishment shall:

1.

Unless fire or building codes require different or higher standards, have a permanently open entranceway not less than two (2) feet wide and not less than six (6) feet high, which entranceway shall not have any curtain rods, hinges, rails or the like which would allow the entranceway to be closed or partially closed by any curtain, door or other partition.

2.

Have a wall to wall, floor to ceiling partition of solid construction without any holes or openings, which partition may be completely or partially transparent and which partition separates the employee from the person viewing the display.

(c)

Each adult performance establishment shall post a sign which is clearly legible and located in a conspicuous place setting forth that straddle dancing is strictly prohibited.

(Ord. No. 825, § 1, 6-5-1986; Ord. No. 1204, § 3, 9-2-1999)