Draft chapter 125: Sexually Oriented Business
§ 125.14 Additional Regulations For Adult Motels
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2. It is unlawful if a person, as the person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment that does not have a sexually oriented business permit, rents or sub-rents a sleeping room to a person and, within
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§ 125.14 Additional Regulations For Adult Motels
1. Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or a similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two or more times in a period of time that is less than ten (10) hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in this chapter.
2. It is unlawful if a person, as the person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment that does not have a sexually oriented business permit, rents or sub-rents a sleeping room to a person and, within ten (10) hours from the time the room is rented, rents or sub-rents the same sleeping room again. For purposes of subsection 2 of this section, the term “rent” or “sub-rent” means the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
2026 draft
§ 125.14 Additional Regulations For Adult Motels
1. Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or a similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two or more times in a period of time that is less than 10 hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in this chapter.
2. It is unlawful if a person, as the person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment that does not have a sexually oriented business permit, rents or sub-rents a sleeping room to a person and, within 10 hours from the time the room is rented, rents or sub-rents the same sleeping room again.
For purposes of Subsection 2 of this section, the term “rent” or “sub-rent” means the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
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