Subject: 10178/CityCode/11-422(e),426&435/adult establishments
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 16:49:24 -0500


                
                
                            ORDINANCE NO.   10178 
                
                
                
                 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                 PART II, SECTIONS 11-422(e), 11-426 and 11-435
                 RELATIVE TO ADULT-ORIENTED ESTABLISHMENTS.
                
                
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       	    	 SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
       CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, that Chattanooga City Code, Part
       II, Section 11-422(e), be and hereby is amended by deleting it in 

       its entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof:
            Sec. 11-422.  Definitions.
           
            	 (e)  Adult cabaret is defined to mean an
            establishment which features as a principle use of its
            business, entertainers and/or waiters and/or bartenders
            who expose to public view of the patrons within said
            establishment, at any time, the bare female breast below
            a point immediately above the top of the areola, human
            genitals, pubic region, or buttocks, even if partially
            covered by opaque material or completely covered by
            translucent material; including swim suits, lingerie or
            latex covering.  Adult cabarets shall include commercial
            establishments which feature entertainment of an erotic
            nature including exotic dancers, strippers, male or
            female impersonators, or similar entertainers.
           
       	    	 SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that Chattanooga City
       Code, Part II, Section 11-426, be and hereby is amended by
       deleting it in its entirety and substituting the following in 
lieu
       thereof:
            Sec. 11-426.   Permit required.
           
            	 In addition to the license requirements previously
            set forth for owners and operators of "adult-oriented
            establishments," no person shall be an employee or
            entertainer in an adult-oriented establishment without
            first obtaining a valid permit issued by the city
            treasurer.
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       	    	 SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that Chattanooga City
       Code, Part II, Section 11-435(a), be and hereby is amended by
       deleting it in its entirety and substituting the following in 
lieu
       thereof:
            	 (a)  No operator, entertainer, or employee of an
            adult-oriented establishment shall permit to be
            performed, offer to perform, perform or allow customers,
            employees or entertainers to perform sexual intercourse
            or oral or anal copulation or other contact stimulation
            of the genitalia.
           
       	    	 SECTION 4.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that Chattanooga City
       Code, Part II, Section 11-435, be and hereby is further amended 
to
       add a new subsection (d) as follows:
            	 (d)  No entertainer, employee or customer shall be
            permitted to have any physical contact with any other on
            the premises during any performance and all performances
            shall only occur upon a stage at least eighteen inches
            (18") above the immediate floor level and removed at
            least six feet (6') from the nearest entertainer,
            employee and/or customer.
           
       	    	 SECTION 5.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance
       shall take effect two weeks from and after its passage as 
required
       by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading March 7, 1995.	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	       CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED: __X___ DISAPPROVED:_______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  March 8, 1995.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR
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