5.14.190 Operation Restrictions – Unlawful Acts Designated.
Violation of any subsection (A.-S.) shall be a separate and distinct offense.
A. No person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity shall advertise, or cause to be advertised, an erotic dance studio without a valid erotic dance studio license issued pursuant to this Chapter.
B. No later than March 1 of each year, an erotic dance studio licensee shall file a verified report with the Auditor showing the licensee's gross receipts and amounts paid to dancers for the preceding calendar year.
C. An erotic dance studio licensee shall maintain and retain for a period of two years the names, addresses, and ages of all persons employed as dancers by the licensee.
D. No erotic dance studio licensee shall employ as a dancer a person under the age of 18 years of age or a person not licensed pursuant to this Chapter.
E. No person under the age of 18 years shall be admitted into an erotic dance studio.
F. No erotic dance studio licensee shall serve, sell, distribute, consume, or possess any intoxicating liquor or controlled substance upon the premises of the licensee.
G. An erotic dance studio licensee shall conspicuously display the studio licenses required by this Chapter.
H. All dancing shall occur on a platform intended for that purpose which is raised at least 18 inches from the level of the floor and no closer than ten feet to any patron.
I. No dancer or employee shall fondle, caress, or touch any patron in a manner which seeks to arouse or excite the patrons' sexual desires.
J. No patron shall fondle, caress, or touch any dancer or employee in a manner which seeks to arouse or excite the patrons' sexual desires.
K. No patron shall pay or give any gratuity directly to any dancer.
L. No dancer shall solicit any pay or gratuity directly from any patron.
M. No dancer or employee shall expose their breasts below the top of the areola or expose any portion of the pubic hair, vulva or genitals, anus and/or buttocks, except upon a stage at least 18 inches above the immediate floor level and removed at least 10 feet from the nearest patron.
N. The stage or the entire interior portion of cubicles, rooms, or stalls wherein adult entertainment is provided must be visible from the common areas of the premises. Visibility shall not be blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, drapes, or any other obstruction whatsoever.
O. No activity or dancing occurring on the premises shall be visible at any time from any public place.
P. No dancer shall be visible from any public place during the hours of their employment, or apparent hours of their employment on the premises.
Q. A 36" x 24" sign shall be conspicuously displayed in the common area of the premises, and shall read as follows:
THIS EROTIC DANCE STUDIO IS REGULATED BY PIERCE COUNTY.
1. ALL DANCING MUST OCCUR ON STAGE AND NO CLOSER THAN TEN FEET TO ANY PATRON.
2. DANCERS AND EMPLOYEES ARE NOT PERMITTED TO TOUCH, CARESS OR FONDLE ANY PATRON IN A MANNER WHICH SEEKS TO AROUSE OR EXCITE THE PATRONS' SEXUAL DESIRES.
3. PATRONS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO TOUCH, CARESS OR FONDLE ANY DANCER OR EMPLOYEE IN A MANNER WHICH SEEKS TO AROUSE OR EXCITE THE PATRONS' SEXUAL DESIRES.
4. NO MONEY OR GRATUITY MAY BE ACCEPTED OR SOLICITED BY ANY DANCER FROM A PATRON.
R. Dances/performances/exhibits that are obscene are not permitted. Obscene is defined as:
1. Whether the average person applying contemporary community standards would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; and
2. Whether applying those same contemporary community standards, the average person would find that the work depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, the following sexual conduct:
a. ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; or
b. masturbation, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, excretory functions, or lewd exhibitions of the genitals or genital area; or
c. violent or destructive sexual acts, including but not limited to human or animal mutilation, dismemberment, rape, or torture; and
3. Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
S. The interior of the studio shall be sufficiently illuminated so that all objects are plainly visible at all times the premises is open for business. The minimum illumination level shall be 30 lux at 30 inches above the floor in all areas open to or used by customers.
T. This Chapter shall not be construed to prohibit:
1. Plays, operas, musicals, or other dramatic works which are not obscene;
2. Classes, seminars, and lectures held for serious scientific or educational purposes; or
3. Exhibitions or dances which are not obscene.