5.32.170 Standards of conduct and operation applicable to adult cabarets.
(1) Standards for Patrons, Employees and Entertainers. The following standards of conduct must be adhered to by patrons, entertainers and/or employees of adult cabarets at all times:
(a) No employee or entertainer shall appear nude or semi-nude on any part of the premises open to view of members of the public, except on or in the entertainment performance area described in SMC 5.32.160(1).
(b) No patron or customer shall go into or upon the adult entertainment performance area described in SMC 5.32.160(1) while sexually oriented entertainment is being performed.
(c) No member of the public or employee or entertainer shall allow, encourage, or knowingly permit any person upon the premises to touch, caress, or fondle the breasts, buttocks, anus, pubic area, or genitals of any other person.
(d) No member of the public or employee or entertainer shall allow, encourage, or permit physical contact between an employee or entertainer and any member of the public, which contact is intended to arouse or excite sexual desires.
(e) No employee or entertainer shall perform acts of or acts which simulate:
(i) Sexual intercourse, masturbation, bestiality, sodomy, oral copulation, flagellation, or any sexual acts which are prohibited by law; or
(ii) The touching, caressing, or fondling of the breasts, buttocks, pubic area, or genitals.
(f) No employee or entertainer shall use artificial devices or inanimate objects to depict any of the prohibited activities described in this subsection.
(g) No entertainer of an adult cabaret shall be visible from any public place outside the premises during the actual or apparent hours of his or her employment or performance on the premises.
(h) No entertainer employed or otherwise working at an adult cabaret shall solicit, demand, accept, or receive any gratuity or other payment from a patron, customer, or member of the public.
(i) No customer or patron of an adult cabaret shall give or otherwise provide an entertainer with a gratuity or other payment.
(j) Signs in lettering at least three-quarters inch high shall be conspicuously displayed in the public area of the establishment stating the following:
THIS ADULT CABARET IS REGULATED BY THE CITY OF STANWOOD. ENTERTAINERS ARE:
(i) Not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct;
(ii) Not permitted to appear nude or semi-nude, except on stage;
(iii) Not permitted to dance or model where patrons are congregated;
(iv) Not permitted to solicit, demand, accept, or receive any gratuity or other payment from a patron.
(2) Standards for Owner or Operator of Adult Cabarets. At any adult cabaret where live performances which are characterized by the exposure of “specified anatomical areas” or by “specified sexual activities” are provided the following are required:
(a) Admission must be restricted to persons of the age of 18 years or more; and
(b) Sufficient lighting shall be provided and equally distributed in and about the parts of the premises which are open to and used by patrons so that all objects are plainly visible at all times, and so that on any part of the premises which are open to and used by patrons a program, menu, or list printed in eight point type will be readable. (Ord. 1521 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023).