§ 125.03 Classification And Standards Of Conduct And Operation

1. Sexually oriented businesses are classified as follows:

A. Adult arcades;

B. Adult bookstores or adult video stores;

C. Adult cabarets;

D. Adult motels;

E. Adult motion picture theaters;

F. Adult theaters;

G. Escort agencies;

H. Nude model studios; and

I. Sexual encounter centers.

2. The following standards of conduct must be adhered to by entertainers and employees of any sexually oriented business while on the premises:

A. No employee or entertainer shall be unclothed or in such less than opaque and complete attire, costume or clothing so as to expose to view any specified anatomical area. No payment or gratuity is allowed to any entertainer for any unlawful act as described by this chapter.

B. No employee or entertainer shall perform:

(1) Any specified sexual activities; or

(2) The displaying of any specified anatomical area.

C. No employee or entertainer shall be unclothed or in less than opaque and complete attire, costume, or clothing as described in subsection 2 of this section.

D. No employee or entertainer shall knowingly touch any specified anatomical area of another person, or knowingly permit another person to touch any specified anatomical area of such employee or entertainer; or no employee or entertainer shall knowingly fondle or caress any specified anatomical area of another person, whether such area is clothed, unclothed, covered or exposed, or knowingly permit another person to fondle or caress any specified anatomical area of such employee or entertainer, whether such area is clothed, unclothed, covered or exposed.

E. No entertainer shall be visible from any public place during the hours of his or her employment, or apparent hours of his or her employment, while such entertainer is unclothed or in such attire, costume, or clothing to expose to view any specified anatomical area or while performing any entertainment.

F. No entertainer shall solicit, demand, or receive any payment or gratuity from any customer for any act prohibited by this chapter.

3. At any sexually oriented business, the following are required:

A. A sign, on which upper-case letters are at least two inches high and lower-case letters are at least one inch high, shall be conspicuously displayed in the common area at the principal entrance and shall read as follows:

THIS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS IS REGULATED BY THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA. ENTERTAINERS ARE:

1. Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct or prostitution on the premises;

2. Not permitted to be unclothed or in such less than opaque and complete 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;

3. Not permitted to receive any payment or gratuity from any customer.

B. Neither entertainment nor any photograph, drawing, sketch, or other pictorial or graphic representation thereof displaying any specified anatomical area shall be visible from a public place.

C. The premises 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 foot-candle as measured at the floor level, and such illumination must be maintained at all times that any customer is present in or on the premises.

1. Sexually oriented businesses are classified as follows:

A. Adult arcades;

B. Adult bookstores or adult video stores;

C. Adult cabarets;

D. Adult motels;

E. Adult motion picture theaters;

F. Adult theaters;

G. Escort agencies;

H. Nude model studios; and

I. Sexual encounter centers.

2. The following standards of conduct must be adhered to by entertainers and employees of any sexually oriented business while on the premises:

A. No employee or entertainer shall be unclothed or in such less than opaque and complete attire, costume, or clothing so as to expose to view any specified anatomical area. No payment or gratuity is allowed to any entertainer for any unlawful act as described by this chapter.

B. No employee or entertainer shall perform:

(1) Any specified sexual activities; or

(2) The displaying of any specified anatomical area.

C. No employee or entertainer shall be unclothed or in less than opaque and complete attire, costume, or clothing as described in Subsection 2 of this section.

D. No employee or entertainer shall knowingly touch any specified anatomical area of another person, or knowingly permit another person to touch any specified anatomical area of such employee or entertainer; or no employee or entertainer shall knowingly fondle or caress any specified anatomical area of another person, whether such area is clothed, unclothed, covered or exposed, or knowingly permit another person to fondle or caress any specified anatomical area of such employee or entertainer, whether such area is clothed, unclothed, covered or exposed.

E. No entertainer shall be visible from any public place during the hours of his or her employment, or apparent hours of his or her employment, while such entertainer is unclothed or in such attire, costume, or clothing to expose to view any specified anatomical area or while performing any entertainment.

F. No entertainer shall solicit, demand, or receive any payment or gratuity from any customer for any act prohibited by this chapter.

3. At any sexually oriented business, the following are required:

A. A sign, on which upper-case letters are at least two inches high and lower-case letters are at least one inch high, shall be conspicuously displayed in the common area at the principal entrance and shall read as follows: THIS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS IS REGULATED BY THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA. ENTERTAINERS ARE:

1. Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct or prostitution on the premises;

2. Not permitted to be unclothed or in such less than opaque and complete 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 or genitals;

3. Not permitted to receive any payment or gratuity from any customer.

B. Neither entertainment nor any photograph, drawing, sketch, or other pictorial or graphic representation thereof displaying any specified anatomical area shall be visible from a public place.

C. The premises 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 foot-candle as measured at the floor level, and such illumination must be maintained at all times that any customer is present in or on the premises.