Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.05 Adult Businesses

5.05.020 License Required for Adult Business.

  1. A.
    It shall be unlawful for any Person to Operate or maintain an Adult Business in the City unless the owner, Operator or lessee thereof has obtained an Adult Business license from the City, or to Operate such business after such license has expired or been revoked or suspended by the City.
  2. B.
    It is unlawful for any Entertainer, Server, Employee, Manager, Operator or owner to knowingly perform any work, service or entertainment directly related to the operation of an unlicensed Adult Business.
  3. C.
    The failure to post an Adult Business license in the manner required herein shall be prima facie evidence that an Adult Business has not obtained such a license. In addition, it shall be prima facie evidence that any Entertainer, Employee, Manager or owner who performs any business, service or entertainment in an Adult Business in which an Adult Business license is not posted in the manner required herein had knowledge that such business is not licensed.
  4. D.
    Any business that engages in the exchange, rental, or sale of Adult Media if such business is not open to the public in general but only to one or more classes of the public, excluding any Minor by reason of age, or if a substantial or significant portion of such items are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of Specified Sexual Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas shall be deemed to have consented to periodic entry into and inspection of the business premises by appropriate City officials and inspection by those officials of only those business records necessary for the limited purpose of determining whether such business enterprise is in compliance with this Ordinance. This entry and inspection shall take place during hours when such business is open to the public, unless otherwise requested by the business, and shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of such business.

(History: Ord. AEB-2416 §2, 2003; AEB-1944 §2, 95; AEB-1935 §2, 95; AEB-1846 §2, 94; AEB-1837 §2, 93; AEB-1782 §1, 93)

Effective on: 1/1/1901