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

A. No employee or entertainer shall 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 and/or genitals.

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.

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 perform actual or simulated acts of sexual conduct, as defined in this chapter, or any act which constitutes a violation of Chapter 7.48 RCW, the Washington Moral Nuisances Statute.

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 oriented entertainment 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 oriented 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 oriented entertainment shall be physically arranged in such a manner that:

1. The stage on which adult oriented 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 oriented 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 CABARET IS REGULATED BY THE CITY OF EVERETT;

Entertainers are not permitted to expose any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic region, anus, buttocks, vulva or genitals, or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.

I. No tip or gratuity offered to or accepted by an entertainer may be offered or accepted prior to any performance, dance or exhibition provided by the entertainer. No entertainer performing upon any stage area shall be permitted to accept any form of gratuity offered directly to the entertainer by any member of the public. Any gratuity offered to any entertainer performing upon any stage area must be placed into a receptacle provided for receipt of gratuities by the adult cabaret or provided through a manager on duty on the premises. Any gratuity or tip offered to any entertainer conducting any performance, dance or exhibition in or about the nonstage area of the adult cabaret shall be placed into the hand of the adult entertainer or into a receptacle provided by the adult entertainer, and not upon the person or into the clothing of the entertainer. (Ord. 2269-98 § 6, 1998.)