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The following standards of conduct must be adhered to by employees and entertainers of any public place of adult entertainment which offers, conducts or maintains adult entertainment:

A. No employee or entertainer shall be unclothed or in such costume, attire or clothing as to expose any portion of the male or female pubic region, anus, buttocks, or genitals, any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola, vulva, or male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered, except upon a stage at least eighteen inches above the immediate floor level and removed at least six feet from the nearest patron.

B. No employee or entertainer shall 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, and/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 six feet from the nearest patron.

C. No employee or entertainer shall 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.

D. No employee or entertainer shall allow a patron to touch an employee or entertainer on the breast, in the pubic region, buttocks or anal region. No patron shall touch, fondle or caress an employee or entertainer for the purpose of arousing or exciting the sexual desires of either party.

E. No employee or entertainer mingling with patrons shall conduct any dance, performance or exhibition in or about the nonstage area of the public place of adult entertainment establishment unless that dance, performance or exhibition is performed at a torso-to-torso distance of no less than four feet from the patron or patrons for whom the dance, performance or exhibition is performed.

F. There shall be posted and conspicuously displayed in the common areas of each place offering adult entertainment a list of any and all entertainment provided on the premises. Such list shall further indicate the specific fee or charge in dollar amounts for each entertainment listed.

G. Every place offering adult entertainment shall be physically arranged in such a manner that:

1. The stage on which adult entertainment is provided shall be visible from the common areas of the premises. Visibility shall not be blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, drapes or any other obstruction whatsoever.

2. No adult entertainment occurring on the premises shall be visible at any time from any public place.

H. A sign 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 EVERETT;

Entertainers are not permitted to expose any portion of the male or female pubic region, anus, buttocks, or genitals, any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola, vulva, or male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered, except upon a stage at least eighteen inches above the immediate floor level and removed at least six feet from the nearest patron.

(Ord. 2149-96 § 2, 1996; Ord. 1372-87 § 6, 1987; Ord. 1196-85 § 1 (G), 1985.)