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Every adult concession shall comply with the following standards of operation and the following standards of conduct must be adhered to by owner, manager, operator, employees, and entertainers of all adult concessions:

A. No employee or entertainer may touch, fondle or caress any patron for the purpose of arousing or exciting the patron’s sexual desires.

B. No employee or entertainer shall allow a patron to touch an employee or entertainer and no patron shall touch, fondle or caress an employee or entertainer for the purpose of arousing or exciting the sexual desires of either.

C. A list of any and all entertainment provided on the premises must be posted and conspicuously displayed in the common areas of each place offering live adult entertainment. The list must show the fee or charge for each entertainment.

D. No employee or entertainer may solicit, demand or receive any payment or gratuity from any patron for any act prohibited by this chapter.

E. No entertainer may be visible from any public place while engaged in live adult entertainment.

F. No merchandise, films, videos, posters, books or other material that relates to “specified sexual activities” or “specified anatomical areas” as defined in AMC 5.35.030, shall be visible from any public place at any time.

G. A sign, no less than twelve inches by twelve inches, with lettering no smaller than one-half inch by one-half inch, shall be conspicuously displayed in the common areas of the premises, and shall read as follows:

THIS ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT IS REGULATED BY THE CITY OF ANACORTES—ANACORTES MUNICIPAL CODE 5.35.

ENTERTAINERS ARE:

1. Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct; and

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 pubic region, buttocks, genitals or vulva or anus, except upon a stage at least eighteen inches from the immediate floor level and removed at least eight feet from the nearest patron.

H. No manager of an adult concession may employ any person under the age of eighteen years as an entertainer or employee or allow an entertainer on his premises who is under eighteen.

I. No person under the age of eighteen years may be admitted onto the premises of an adult concession for any purpose.

J. No person under the age of eighteen years may be employed as a manager or entertainer for an adult concession.

K. No illegal drugs or alcohol may be sold, served, allowed or consumed by employees, entertainers, managers or patrons on the premises of any adult concession.

L. No patron who is obviously intoxicated by alcohol or drugs may be allowed onto the premises of an adult concession.

M. No sexual conduct shall be allowed on the premises of an adult concession.

N. No employee or entertainer may be unclothed or in such attire, costume or clothing so as to expose to view any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola, or any portion of the pubic hair, anus, buttocks, vulva or genitals, except upon a stage at least eighteen inches above the immediate floor level and removed at least eight feet from the nearest patron.

O. No employee or entertainer may wear or use any device or covering exposed to view which simulates the breast of a female below the top of the areola, vulva, or genitals, anus or buttocks, or any portion of the pubic hair except upon a stage at least eighteen inches above the immediate floor level and removed at least eight feet from the nearest patron.

P. No employee or entertainer mingling with members of the public shall conduct any dance, performance or exhibition (including, without limitation, the activity specified in AMC 5.35.030(B)(3)) in or about the nonstage area of the adult concession unless that dance, performance or exhibition is performed at a distance of no less than four feet measured torso-to-torso from any member of the public. No employee or entertainer may touch, fondle or caress any patron for the purpose of arousing or exciting the patron’s sexual desires, sit on a patron’s lap or separate a patron’s legs.

Q. No employee or entertainer is permitted to be unclothed or in less than opaque and complete attire, costume or clothing, so as to expose to view any portion of the pubic region, buttocks, genitals, vulva, or anus, except upon a stage at least eighteen inches from the immediate floor level and removed at least eight feet from the nearest patron. (Ord. 2902 § 2, 2013)