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BILL NO. 95-68 ORDINANCE NO. ��� ��L
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE
XV OF CHAP'TER 15, PROVIDING FOR '�I�
LICENSING AND REGULATION OF ADULT
BUSINESSES VVITfIIN T'I� CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU; ESTABLISHING FEES; AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
WHEREAS, the Cape Girardeau City Council has considered public
comment, case law, surveys, case studies and other information before
it, including but not limited to the following:
• "Report of the Attorney General 's Working Group on the Regulation
of Sexually Oriented Businesses" prepared by the Attorney General
of the State of Minnesota and dated June 6, 1989
• Evidence of Secondary Adverse Effects of Sexually Oriented
Businesses, prepared by David Caton, State Director, American
Family Association of Florida
• Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, David O. Harper, Director,
"Rape Statistics - Oklahoma County - Vs. Balance of Oklahoma 1983
through 1988"
• Testimony of H. Robert Showers, Executive Director, National
Obscenity Enforcement Unit, Criminal Division, United States
Department of Justice on 5. 2033 , The Child Protection and
Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988, before the Judiciary Committee,
United States Senate, June 8, 1988
• "A Psychologist's View of Pornography" by Dr. Victor Cline,
University of Utah
• University of Utah, Department of Psychology, Memo dated June 3 ,
1986 from Victor B. Cline, PhD, Professor of Psychology to David
E. Caton, NFD
• Article entitled "Pornography: A Report, An In-depth Look at the
Effects of Pornography" published by American Family Association,
Tupelo, Mississippi, Copyright 1989
• Letter to David E. Caton from Carmen Davis
• City of Oklahoma City, Community Development Department, Planning
Division, "Adult Entertainment Businesses in Oklahoma City, A
Survey of Real Estate Appraisers" , dated March 3 , 1986
• Seattle, Washington, Department of Construction and Land Use,
"Director's Report, Proposed Land Use Code Text Amendment, Adult
Cabarets" dated March 1989
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• "A Report on Zoning and Other Methods of Regulating Adult
Entertainment in Amarillo, Texas", prepared by Amarillo Planning
Department
• City of Beaumont, Texas, Planning Department, Memorandum on
"Regulation of Adult Uses; Revised September 14 , 1982"
• "Adult Business Study" dated May 25, 1979, conducted by Planning
Department, City of Phoenix, Arizona
• Houston, Texas, Committee on the Proposed Regulation of Sexually
Oriented Business, Legislative Report on Regulation of Sexually
Oriented Commercial Enterprises, Adult Bookstores, Adult Movie
Theatres and Massage Establishments, dated November 30, 1983
• "Adult Entertainment Businesses in Indianapolis (Indiana) , An
Analysis" , dated February, 1984, prepared by Department of
Metropolitan Development, Division of Planning
• Article entitled "Adult Oriented Businesses in Austin" , (Texas)
• National Law Center for Children and Families, Alexandria,
Virginia, Summary of Land Use Studies for 1) Phoenix, Arizona; 2)
Tucson, Arizona; 3) Garden Grove, California; 4) Los Angeles,
California; 5) Whittier, California; 6) Indianapolis, Indiana; 7)
Minneapolis, Minnesota; 8) Cleveland, Ohio; 9) Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma; 10) Amarillo, Texas; 11) Austin, Texas; 12) Beaumont,
Texas; 13) Houston, Texas; 14) Seattle, Washington
• City of Gladstone, Missouri, Ordinance No. 3 . 350
• City of St. Louis Ordinance pertaining to indecent and lewd
conduct and books
• City of Carbondale, Illinois, City Ordinance pertaining to
entertainment
• City of Scott City, Missouri, Ordinance pertaining to erotic
dancing
• City of Blue Springs, Missouri, Ordinance pertaining to lewdness
• A proposed ordinance for the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• A model public nudity ordinance developed for use in the State of
Mississippi
WHEREAS, the experiences of other communities as evidenced by the
above referenced materials are relevant and material to the conditions
and needs of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and
WHEREAS, the Cape Girardeau City Council being aware that the
United States Supreme Court has ruled that cities may rely on the
experience of other communities with regard to the adverse effects of
adult businesses in neighborhoods and on community improvement efforts
and with regard to the harmful effects on areas of the community and
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the contribution to neighborhood blight created by adult businesses and
the Council has relied on the experience of such other communities as
evidenced by the research materials described hereinabove and based on
the experience of other communities, the City Council has determined
that adult businesses bring to the community certain secondary adverse
affects;
The Cape Girardeau City Council now makes the following
legislative findings of fact based on its study of the experience of
such other communities, taking into consideration the needs and
conditions of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri:
A. That certain conduct commonly occurring at or near adult
businesses or on premises offering adult entertainment is detrimental
to the public health, safety, and general welfare of citizens of the
City and, therefore, such conduct must be regulated as provided herein;
and
B. That adult businesses and businesses that provide adult
entertainment are associated with and promote prostitution, illegal
drug use and other criminal activity which constitute an immediate
threat to the public peace, health, morals and safety; and
C. That regulation of adult businesses and adult entertainment
businesses is necessary because in the absence of such regulation,
significant criminal activity to include prostitution, illegal drug use
and disruptive behavior has historically and regularly occurred in and
adjacent to such businesses; and
D. That regulation of adult businesses and adult entertainment
businesses is necessary because the location of such businesses has an
adverse economic impact on surrounding residential and commercial
property owners; and
E. That the increased criminal activity and economic impact of
adult businesses is not as great with adult businesses involved in the
rental of items depicting "specified sexual activities" or "specified
anatomical areas" for viewing off of the premises and retail sales of
matter depicting "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical
areas" where such matter is not previewed or examined by the
prospective customer on the premises; and
F. That it is necessary to regulate and license adult businesses
in order to facilitate the enforcement of locational and distancing
requirements of the City Code; to facilitate the monitoring of adult
uses to discover whether they are causing the adverse secondary effects
the courts have acknowledged they frequently create; and to ensure that
adult businesses do not violate criminal laws such as those against
prostitution, obscenity and the employment of minors as entertainers as
that term is defined in this ordinance and to assist in the enforcement
of building code requirements; and
G. That the license fee imposed by the regulations herein are
reasonable fees imposed as necessary regulatory measures designed to
help defray expenses incurred by the City in regulating adult
businesses and adult entertainment businesses.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1. Sections 15-431 through 15-439 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, are hereby
reserved.
ARTICLE 2. A new Article XV of Chapter 15 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, entitled "Adult
Business" , is hereby enacted, in words and figures, to read as follows:
ARTICLE XV. ADULT BUSINESS
Sec. 15-440. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Chapter and unless the c�ntext
plainly requires otherwise, the following definitions are adopted:
A. "Adult Business" means any business enterprise:
1. That has as a regular and substantial business
purpose the sale, display or rental of goods that are designed
for use in connection with "specified sexual activities, " or
that emphasize matters depicting, describing or relating to
"specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" ;
or
B. The definition of "adult business" also includes any and
all of the following, as defined herein:
1. "Adult retail establishments" means an establishment
which as a regular and substantial business purpose, offers
for sale or rent, any one or more of the following:
instruments, devices, gifts or paraphernalia which are
designed for use in connection with "specified sexual
activities" or clothing that graphically depicts "specified
anatomical areas" or any of the materials sold or rented in an
adult bookstore as defined herein.
2 . "Adult bookstore" means an establishment which as a
regular and substantial business purpose, offers for sale or
rent, books, magazines, periodicals or other printed material,
photographs, slides, films or videotapes, which are
distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter
depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas" .
3 . "Adult newsrack" means any coin or card operated
device that offers for sale by dispensing printed material,
which is distinguished or characterized by its emphasis on
matter depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas" .
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4 . "Adult newsstand" means a freestanding structure,
vehicle or booth which as a regular and substantial business
purpose, offers for sale, books, magazines, periodicals or
other printed matter, which are distinguished or characterized
by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating
to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical
areas" .
5. "Adult entertainment business" means any enterprise
to which the public, patrons or members are invited or
admitted, and where providing "adult entertainment" as defined
herein, is a portion of its business.
6. "Adult motion picture theater" means an
establishment containing a room with seats facing a screen or
projection area, where a regular and substantial business
purpose is the exhibition to customers of films, videotapes,
or motion pictures which are intended to provide sexual
stimulation or sexual gratification to the customers and which
are distinguished by or characterized by an emphasis on matter
depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas" .
7 . "Body painting studio" means an establishment where
a regular and substantial business purpose is the maintaining,
operating, or offering for compensation the applying of paint
or other substance to or on the human body by any means of
application, technique or process when the subject's body is
displaying for the customers view "specified anatomical
areas�� .
8 . "Bath house" means an enterprise where a regular and
substantial business purpose is offering baths with other
persons present who are nude or displaying "specified
anatomical areas" .
9 . "Adult motel" means an enterprise where a regular
and substantial business purpose is offering public
accommodations for consideration for the purpose of viewing
closed circuit television transmissions, films, motion
pictures, video cassettes, slides or other photographic
reproductions which are distinguished or characterized by an
emphasis on the depiction or description of "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas" and rents room
accommodations for less than six (6) hours at a time.
C. "Adult entertainment'• means any live exhibition,
performance, display or dance of any type, conducted in an "adult
entertainment business" including but not limited to posing or
serving food or beverages or soliciting for the sale of food,
beverages or entertainment or pantomiming or modeling or removal of
clothing on an adult business premises where such exhibition,
performance, display or dance is intended to seek to arouse or
excite the sexual desires of the entertainer, other entertainers or
patrons or members, and such exhibition, performance, display or
dance is characterized by emphasis on matters depicting, describing
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or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified
anatomical areas" for observation by patrons or members.
D. NEmployee" means any and all persons, including managers,
entertainers and independent contractors, who work in or at or
render any services directly related to, the operation of an adult
business.
E. "Entertainer" means any person who provides adult
entertainment within an adult entertainment business as defined in
this section, whether or not a fee is charged or accepted for
entertainment.
F. "Manager" means any person who manages, directs,
administers, or is in charge of the affairs and/or conduct of any
portion of an activity at an adult business.
G. "Operator" means any person operating, conducting or
maintaining an adult business.
H. "Patron" means any individual who may be described as but
not limited to the following: A customer, client, guest, member,
observer or private club member, while on the premises of an adult
business.
I. "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation,
trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, marital
community, joint venture, governmental entity, or other entity or
group of persons however organized.
J. "Premises" means any place of business of an adult
business which shall include the entire lot and building occupied
by the adult business and any other property owned, leased or
controlled by the adult business, including any parking areas
adjacent to the business which are regularly utilized by employees,
entertainers, servers, managers or customers of such business.
K. "Public place" means any area generally visible to public
view and includes streets, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas,
parks, driveways, parking lots, and automobiles whether moving or
not.
L. "Server" means any person who serves food or drink at an
adult business.
M. "Specified anatomical area" means (1) human male or
female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque
covering; or (2) human buttocks including any portion of the anal
cleft or cleavage of the male or female buttocks with less than a
fully opaque covering; or (3) the female breast or breasts below a
point immediately above the top of the areola encircling the nipple
with less than a fully opaque covering, or any combination of the
foregoing; or (4) human male genitals in a discernibly erect state,
even if completely and opaquely covered.
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N. "Specified se�rual activities" means sexual conduct, being
actual or simulated, acts of human masturbation; sexual
intercourse; or physical contact, in an act of apparent sexual
stimulation or gratification, with a person's clothed or unclothed
genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or the breast of a female; or any
sadomasochistic abuse or acts including animals or any latent
object in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification.
O. "Substantial business purpose" means (1) thirty-three
percent (33%) or more of the gross floor space, is devoted to that
purpose; or (2) thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the retail
floor space is devoted to that purpose; or (3) thirty-three percent
(33%) or more of the gross sales of the business are derived from
that purpose.
Sec. 15-441. License Required for Adult Business.
A. It is 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.
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.
C. It shall be prima facia evidence that any adult business
that fails to have posted an adult business license, in the manner
required by this section, has not obtained such a license. In
addition, it shall be prima facia evidence that any entertainer,
server, employee, manager, operator 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 by
this section, has knowledge that such business was not licensed.
Sec. 15-442. License Required for Managers, Servers & Entertainers.
It is unlawful for any person to work as an entertainer,
server or manager at an adult business without first obtaining a
license to do so from the City.
Sec. 15-443. License, Classification and Fees.
A. The license year for all fees required under this chapter
shall be from July 1 through June 30. The application for a
license shall be accompanied by payment in full of the fee stated
in this section by certified or cashier's check or money order; and
no application shall be considered complete until such fee is paid.
B. Al1 licenses shall be issued for a specific location and
shall be non-refundable and nontransferable.
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C. The classification of licenses and fees for each shall be
as follows:
1. Adult business license fee is $40. 00 per year;
2 . Manager's license fee is $20. 00 per year;
3 . Entertainer's license fee is $20. 00 per year;
4. Server's license fee is $20. 00 per year.
Sec. 15-444. License Limited to One Identi�able Type of Adult Use.
Al1 adult business licenses shall be issued only for the one
adult business use listed on the application. Any change in the
type of adult use shall invalidate the adult business license.
More than one (1) adult business use shall not be allowed at a
single location.
Sec. 15-445. License Application.
A. Adu1t Business License.
All persons desiring to secure a license to operate an adult
business under the provisions of this chapter shall make a
notarized application with the City Clerk. All applications shall
be submitted in the name of the person proposing to conduct or
operate the adult business. All applications shall be submitted on
a form supplied by the City Clerk and shall require the following
information:
1. The name, residence address, home telephone number,
occupation, date and place of birth and social security number
of the applicant.
2 . The name of the adult business, a description of the
type of business to be performed on the licensed premises, and
the name of the owner of the premises where the adult business
will be located.
3 . The names, residence addresses, social security
numbers and dates of births of all partners, if the applicant
is a partnership; and if the applicant is a corporation, the
same information for all corporate officers and directors and
stockholders who own ten percent (10%) or greater interest in
the corporation.
4 . If the applicant is a corporation, a current
certificate of registration issued by the Missouri Secretary
of State.
5. A statement signed under oath that the applicant has
personal knowledge of the information contained in the
application and that the information contained therein is true
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and correct and that the applicant has read the provisions of
this chapter regulating adult businesses.
6. An application for an adult business license may be
denied if the applicant fails to supply all the information
requested on the application or if the applicant gives
materially false, fraudulent or untruthful information on the
application.
B. Manager, Server or Entertainer License.
All persons desiring to secure a license under the provisions
of this chapter to be a manager, server or entertainer shall make
a notarized application with the City Clerk. All applications
shall be submitted in the name of the person proposing to be a
manager, server or entertainer. Al1 applications shall be
submitted on a form supplied by the City Clerk and shall require
the following information:
1. The applicant's name, home address, home telephone
number, date and place of birth, and social security number.
2 . The applicant shall present to the City Clerk who
shall copy documentation that the applicant has attained the
age of eighteen (18) years at the time the application is
submitted. Any of the following shall be accepted as
documentation of age:
a. A valid motor vehicle operator's license issued
by any state, bearing this applicant's photograph and
date of birth;
b. A state-issued identification card bearing the
applicant's photograph and date of birth;
c. An official and valid passport issued by the
United States of America;
d. An immigration card issued by the United States
of America;
e. Any other form of picture identification issued
by a governmental entity that is deemed reliable by the
City Clerk; or
f. Any other form of identification deemed
reliable by the City Clerk.
3 . Upon receipt of an application in proper form,
receipt of the appropriate fee and appropriate proof of age as
required by Subparagraph 2 above, the City Clerk shall
immediately issue to the applicant the manager, server or
entertainer license as applied for.
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4 . An application for a manager, server or entertainer
license may be denied if one or more of the following
conditions exist:
a. The employer for whom the applicant intends to
work does not have or is ineligible to receive an adult
business license for any of the reasons set forth in this
Code;
b. The applicant failed to provide all the
information required on the application;
c. The applicant gave materially false,
fraudulent, or untruthful information on the application.
C. Facilities Necessary.
1. No adult business license to conduct a bath house or
body painting studio shall be issued unless an inspection by
the City Inspection Services Department, or his/her authorized
representative reveals that the premises the applicant intends
to conduct business from complies with each of the following
minimum requirements:
a. The walls shall be cleaned and painted with
washable, mold-resistant paint in all rooms where water
or steam baths are given. Floors shall be free from any
accumulation of dust, dirt, or refuse. All equipment
used in the business's operation shall be maintained in
a clean and sanitary condition. Towels, linen and items
for personal use of operators and patrons shall be clean
and freshly laundered. Towels, cloths, and sheets shall
not be used for more than one (1) patron. Heavy, white
paper may be substituted for sheets provided that such
paper is changed for every patron. No service or
practice shall be carried on within any cubicle, room,
booth, or any area within any permitted establishment
which is fitted with a door capable of being locked.
b. Toilet facilities shall be provided in
convenient locations. When five (5) or more employees
and patrons of different sexes are on the premises at the
same time, separate toilet facilities shall be provided.
A single water closet per sex shall be provided for each
twenty (20) or more employees or patrons of that sex on
the premises at any one time. Urinals may be substituted
for water closets after one (1) water closet has been
provided. Toilets shall be designated as to the sex
accommodated therein.
c. Lavatories or wash basins provided with both
hot and cold running water shall be installed in either
the toilet room or a vestibule. Lavatories or wash
basins shall be provided with soap in a dispenser and
with sanitary towels.
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The City Inspection Services Department, or his/her
representative, shall certify that the proposed business
establishment complies with all of the requirements of
this section and shall give or send such certification to
the City Clerk. Provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall be construed to eliminate other
requirements of statute or ordinance concerning the
maintenance of premises, nor to preclude authorized
inspection thereof. The appropriate City official may
recommend the issuance of a license contingent upon the
compliance with any requirements in this section.
2 . All adult businesses must comply with requirements
and meet the standards of the applicable health, zoning,
building code, fire and property maintenance ordinances of the
City.
D. Application Processing.
Upon receipt of a complete application for an adult business
license, the City Clerk shall immediately transmit one (1) copy of
the application to the Chief of Police for investigation of the
application. In addition, the City Clerk shall transmit a copy of
the application to the Director of Inspection Services.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or his/her
designee to investigate such application to determine whether the
information contained in the application is accurate and whether
the applicant is qualified to be issued the license applied for.
The Chief of Police shall report the results of the investigation
to the City Clerk not later than ten (10) working days from the
date the application is received by the City Clerk.
It shall be the duty of the Director of Inspection Services,
to determine whether the structure where the adult business will be
conducted complies with the requirements and meets the standards of
the applicable health, zoning, building code, fire and property
maintenance ordinances of the City. The Director of Inspection
Services shall report the results of the investigation to the City
Clerk not later than ten (10) working days from the date the
application is received by the City Clerk.
Upon receipt of the reports from the Chief of Police and
Director Inspection Services, the City Clerk shall submit to the
City Manager for consideration, provided the license application
for an adult business license shall be approved or disapproved
within twenty (20) days from the date of filing of the completed
application with the City Clerk's office.
E. Signs Required.
All adult businesses shall have conspicuously displayed in the
common area at the principal entrance to the premises a sign, on
which uppercase letters shall be at least one-half (1/2) inch high,
and lowercase letters at least one-fourth (1\4) inch high, which
shall read as follows:
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THIS ADULT BDSINESS IS REGULATED AND LICENSED
BY THE CITY OF CAPS GIRARDEAU
ENTERTAINERS ARF.:
• Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct or
prostitution on the premises or to fondle, caress or
touch the breasts, pubic region, buttocks or genitals of
any employee, patron or other entertainer or to permit
any employee, patron or other entertainer to fondle,
caress or touch the breasts, pubic region, buttocks or
genitals of said entertainer.
• Not permitted to be nude, unclothed, or in less than
opaque attire, costume or clothing so as to expose to
view any portion of the breasts below the top of the
areola, or any portion of the pubic region, buttocks and
or genitals.
• Not permitted to demand or collect any payment or
gratuity from any customer for entertainment, except as
follows:
- While such entertainer is on the stage, by placing
such payment or gratuity into a box affixed no less
than ten (10) feet from the stage.
C�STOXERS ARE:
• Required to be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
• Not permitted to be closer than ten (10) feet from the
stage at any time.
• Not permitted to touch, caress or fondle the breasts,
pubic region, buttocks or genitals of any employee,
server or entertainer or engage in solicitation for
prostitution.
F. Lighting Required.
The interior premises of all adult businesses shall be
equipped with overhead lighting of sufficient intensity to
illuminate every place to which customers are permitted access at
an illumination of not less than one (1) footcandle as measured at
the floor level, and such illumination must be maintained at all
times that any customer or patron is present in or on the premises.
The exterior premises of all adult business shall be equipped
with overhead lighting of sufficient intensity to illuminate every
place to which customers are permitted access at an illumination
equivalent to not less than one (1) footcandle in all parking areas
and on the general grounds of the premises as measured at the
ground level and there shall be illumination to the equivalent of
not less than five (5) footcandles as measured at the ground level
at each entrance and doorway area, and such illumination must be
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maintained at all times that any customer or patron is present on
the premises.
G. CZosed Booths or Rooms Prohibited.
The premises of all adult businesses shall be physically
arranged in such manner that the entire interior portions of the
premises and of any booths, cubicles, rooms or stalls is visible
from a common area of the business. The use of video cameras to
meet this requirement is not allowed. Visibility shall not be
blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, drapes or any other
obstruction whatsoever. The manager shall be required to position
himself/herself so as to be able to view the entire interior
portion of the premises while on duty.
Only one (1) person shall be allowed in any booth, cubicle or
stall at a time. Such booths, cubicles or stalls shall be
constructed out of inetal or such other material that is incapable
of perforation by any customer, employee, entertainer, server or
manager on the premises. Other than the entryways there shall be
no openings, holes, access doors or any other manner of
accessibility between any booth, cubicle, room or stall and any
other booth, cubicle, room or stall.
H. Ventilation and Sanitation Requirements.
The premises of all adult businesses shall be kept in a
sanitary condition. Separate dressing rooms and restrooms for men
and women shall at all times be maintained and kept in a sanitary
condition.
Sec. 15-446. Examination of Application, Issuance of License,
Disapproval.
A. If the application for an adult business, manager, server
or entertainer license is in proper form and accompanied by the
appropriate license fee, the City Manager shall examine the
application, and after such examination, the City Manager shall, if
the applicant is qualified, approve a license as provided for by
law.
B. The record of the City Manager shall show the action
taken on the application, and if the license is granted, the City
Manager shall direct the City Clerk to issue the proper license.
The license shall state that it is not transferable to other
persons or entities and the calendar year for which it is issued.
The license shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in the
place of business that is licensed or where the licensee is
working.
C. If an application for a license is disapproved, the
applicant shall be immediately notified by registered or certified
mail to the applicant's last known address, and the notification
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shall state the basis for such disapproval. Any applicant
aggrieved by the disapproval of a license application may seek
judicial review in a manner provided by law.
SeC. 15-447. THIS SECTION IS RESERVED.
Sec. 15-448. Standards of Conduct.
The following standards of conduct shall be adhered to by all
adult businesses, their employees and all managers, servers and
entertainers and patrons of adult businesses, while on or about the
premises of the business, whether licensed or not:
A. The conduct of adult entertainment shall be confined to
a stage or platform, which stage or platform shall be elevated at
least two (2) feet above the elevation of the main floor of the
structure and any person providing adult entertainment shall
maintain a distance of not less than ten (10) feet from all patrons
of the establishment; further, no patron shall be permitted to
approach to a distance less than ten (10) feet from the stage upon
which the adult entertainment is being presented.
B. Age Restriction. Only persons eighteen (18) years of age
or older shall be permitted on the premises of any adult business.
C. Exterior Observation and Display. No adult business will
be conducted in any manner that permits the observation or display
of performers, servers, or entertainers engaged in an erotic
depiction or dance or any material or persons, caricatures,
animals, or any portion thereof depicting, describing or relating
to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas, "
as defined herein, or any books, cards, magazines, periodicals or
other printed matter, photographs, slides, films, motion pictures,
or videotapes which are distinguished or characterized by their
emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to "specified
sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" from any
exterior source including, but not limited to, by display,
decoration, sign, show window or their opening.
D. Nudity Prohibited. No person in an adult business, other
than a patron in a licensed bath house, shall appear nude,
unclothed, or in any fashion that exposes to view any "specified
anatomical areas" .
E. Certain Acts Prohibited.
l. No manager, employee, server, entertainer or patron
shall perform any "specified sexual activities" as defined
herein, wear or use any device or covering exposed to view
which simulates any "specified anatomical areas" , use
artificial devices or inanimate objects to perform or depict
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any of the "specified sexual activities" as defined herein, or
participate in any act of prostitution.
2 . No manager, employee, server, entertainer or patron
of an adult business shall knowingly touch, fondle or caress
any "specified anatomical area" of another person, or
knowingly permit another person to touch, fondle or caress any
"specified anatomical area" of such manager, employee, server,
entertainer or patron, whether such "specified anatomical
areas" are clothed, unclothed, covered or exposed.
3 . No manager, employee, server or entertainer of an
adult business shall be visible from the exterior of the adult
business while such person is unclothed or in such attire,
costume or clothing as to expose to view any "specified
anatomical area" .
4 . No entertainer shall solicit, demand or receive any
payment or gratuity from any patron or customer for any act
prohibited by this chapter and no entertainer shall receive
any payment or gratuity from any customer for any adult
entertainment except a performer or patron may place such
payment or gratuity into a box affixed no less than ten (10)
feet from the stage.
5 . No owner, operator, manager or other person in
charge of the premises of an adult premises shall:
a. Knowingly permit alcoholic liquor or cereal
malt beverages to be brought upon or consumed on the
premises, (unless otherwise permitted pursuant to Chapter
5, Alcoholic Beverages, of the City Code) .
b. Knowingly allow or permit the sale,
distribution, delivery or consumption of any controlled
substance or illegal drug or narcotic on the premises.
c. Knowingly allow or permit any person under the
age of eighteen (18) years of age to be in or upon the
premises.
d. Knowingly allow or permit any act of
prostitution or patronizing prostitution on the premises.
e. Knowingly allow or permit a violation of this
chapter or any other city ordinance provision or state
law.
F. Hours of Operation.
No adult business may be open or in use between the hours of
1: 30 a.m. and 6: 00 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays and between the
hours of 1: 30 a.m. on Sunday and 6: 00 a.m. on Monday.
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Sec. 15-449. License -- Posting or Display.
A. Every person, corporation, partnership, or association
licensed under this chapter as an adult business shall post such
license in a conspicuous place and manner on the adult business
premises.
B. Every person holding a server, manager or entertainer
license shall post his or her license in his or her work area on
the adult business premises so it shall be readily available for
inspection by City authorities responsible for enforcement of this
chapter.
Sec. 15-450. Manager on Premises.
A. A manager shall be on duty at any adult business at all
times the premises is open for business. The name of the manager
on duty shall be prominently posted during business hours.
B. It shall be the responsibility of the manager to verify
that any person who provides adult entertainment or works as a
server within the premises possesses a current and valid adult
entertainer's license or an adult entertainment servers license and
that such licenses are prominently posted.
C. It shall be the responsibility of the manager to insure
persons under the age of eighteen (18) do not enter upon the
premises.
Sec. 15-451. Inspector and Inspections.
A. Al1 adult businesses shall permit City officials acting
in their official capacity to inspect the premises as necessary to
insure the business is complying with all applicable regulations
and laws.
B. The business premises must comply with or meet the
requirements of the applicable health, zoning, building code, fire
and property maintenance ordinances of the City.
Sec. 15-452. Renewal.
A. A license may be renewed by making application to the
City Clerk on application forms provided for that purpose.
Licenses shall expire on June 30 of each calendar year, and renewal
applications for such licenses shall be submitted prior to June 1
to ensure processing by July 1.
B. Upon timely application and review as provided for a new
license, a license issued under the provisions of this chapter
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shall be renewed by issuance of a new license in the manner
provided in this chapter.
C. If the application for renewal of a license is not made
during the time provided in subsection (A) of this section, the
expiration of such license shall not be affected, and a new
application shall be required.
Sec. 15-453. Penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the
provisions of this chapter. Upon conviction thereof, such person
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars
($500. 00) , or be punished by incarceration for a period not to
exceed three (3) months, or by both such fine and incarceration.
Each day's violation of, or failure, refusal or neglect to comply
with, any provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate and
distinct offense.
ARTICLE 3. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase in this chapter or any part thereof, is for
any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this chapter or
any part thereof. The Council hereby declares that it would have
passed the ordinance which adopted this Chapter and each section,
subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase in this
Chapter or any part hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more other sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
ARTICLE 4. It is the intention of the governing body and it is
hereby ordained by the Council that the provisions of this ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code may be
renumbered to accomplish such intention.
ARTICLE 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten
days after its passage and approval except, however, Sections 15-441,
15-442 , 15-443 , 15-444 , 15-445, 15-446, 15-449 , and 15-452 will take
effect July 1, 1995.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS � DAY OF �,�',Oiu�Q , 19�.
A. . Sp adling, II , Mayor
ATTEST:
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G�ayl� L. Conrad
Deputy City Clerk
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