Chapter 125 – Sexually Oriented Businesses

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. 125.04 PERMIT REQUIRED. 1. It is unlawful for a person to operate a sexually oriented business without a valid permit issued by the City’s designated Director, as provided by resolution of the Council. 2. An application for a permit must be made on a form provided by the City. The application must be accompanied by a sketch or a diagram showing the configuration of the premises, including a statement of total floor space occupied by the business. The sketch or diagram need not be professionally prepared but must be drawn to a designated scale or drawn with marked dimensions of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six inches. 3. The applicant must be qualified according to the provisions of this chapter and the premises must be inspected and found to be in compliance with the law by the Health