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-ORDINANCE NO. 4793-89
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AN ORDINANCE OF. THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE;
REPEALING EXISTING SECTIONS 82.01 THROUGH 82.05, CODE-
OF. ORDINANCES, RELATING TO THE EXPOSURE OF CERTAIN
ANATOMICAL AREAS BY.CERTAIN PERSONS, AND CREATING NEW
SECTIONS 82.01 THROUGH 82.06, CODE OF ORDINANCES;
PROHIBITING THE EXPOSURE OR SIMULATION OF CERTAIN
ANATOMICAL AREAS AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN SPECIFIED
CONDUCT BY PERSONS IN ESTABLISHMENTS LICENSED BY THE
STATE OF FLORIDA TO SELL ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FOR
CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES; PROHIBITING THE
CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF AREAS PARTITIONED, CURTAINED OR
SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW THAT ARE PERMITTED TO BE USED
FOR CERTAIN PROSCRIBED CONDUCT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS;
PROVIDING PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR REVOCATION OF
OCCUPATIONAL. LICENSES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Clearwater, Florida, finds that
there is presently in the City of Clearwater an increasing trend toward the
commercial exploitation of partially nude acts, exhibitions and entertainment
in connection with or for the promotion of the sale of alcoholic beverages, and
the receipt of money by the person engaging in the partially nude entertainment
in exchange for or as consideration for a partially nude performance by such
individual; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Clearwater, Florida, finds that
there is presently in the City of Clearwater an increasing trend toward exotic
dancing, whereby the dancer sits upon, straddles, or rubs against the body of
a customer in exchange for the payment of money and in connection with or for
the promotion of the sale of alcoholic beverages; and
WHEREAS, there is a direct relationship between the consumption of
alcoholic beverages and the activities mentioned in the paragraphs above,
prohibited hereunder, and more fully described hereinafter, and an increase in
'criminal activities, disturbances of the peace and good order of the community,
and the concurrence of these activities is adverse to the health, safety and
welfare of the community and citizens thereof, and places a strain on law
enforcement resources; and
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WHEREAS, in order to preserve the public peace and good order, to prevent
blight and the deterioration of the City's neighborhoods and business community,
and to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the community and citizens
thereof, it is necessary and advisable to prohibit nude and partially nude acts,
exhibitions and entertainment in establishments licensed by the State of Florida
to sell any alcoholic beverage for consumption on the premises, and to prohibit
certain physical contact occurring during activities commonly referred to as "lap
dancing" or "private tableside dancing" in such establishments; and
WHEREAS, in order to prevent the activities as described in Section 796.07,
Florida Statutes (1987), from occurring in establishments licensed by the State
of Florida to sell any alcoholic beverage for consumption on the premises, it
is necessary to prevent the construction of and use of areas partitioned,
curtained or screened from public view that are permitted to be used by persons
on the premises of such establishments for private dancing performances; and
WHEREAS, in order to preserve the public peace and good order, to decrease
the incidence of crime and to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the
community and citizens thereof, it is necessary and advisable to regulate and
restrict the conduct of any person owning, maintaining, operating or leasing any
establishment licensed by the State of Florida to sell any alcoholic beverage
for consumption on the premises, as provided for in this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, to preserve the public peace and good order, to decrease the
incidence of crime and to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the
community and citizens thereof, it is necessary and advisable to regulate and
restrict the conduct of persons on the premises of an establishment licensed by
the State of Florida to sell any alcoholic beverage for consumption on the
premises, as provided in this ordinance; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,FLORIDA-
Section 1. Existing Sections 82.01 through 82.05, Code of Ordinances are
repealed in their entirety and new Sections 82.01 through 82.06, Code of
Ordinances, are created to read;
Sec. 82.01. Legislative Authorization.
This chapter is enacted in the interest of the health, safety, and welfare
of the citizens and inhabitants of the City, pursuant to Article VIII, Section
2(b), of the Florida Constitution, under the regulatory power of the Twenty-
First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and pursuant to
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°.. Sec. 82.02. Definitions.
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_.•. The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have they.
meanings respectively ascribed to them:
"Alcoholic beverage establishment" means an establishment licensed by the
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"Establishment" means a physical plant or location, or the commercial
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activities or operations being conducted, or both together, as the context of
' this article may require, located within the City
"Permit" means know or have reasonable cause to know an activity is
occurring and to fail to make a reasonable and timely effort to halt or abate
such activity tr:,,asr,,r)?, `
"Person" means an individual, a firm, an association, a joint venture, a crxrM?q.°_?'
partnership
,. an estate, a trust, a business trust, a syndicate, a fiduciarY a ??'•?,» . ??.??..
?., .; corporation, a government official, a government entity and any other group or
combination. -''
"Premises" means a physical plant or location which is enclosed by walls
or by any other enclosing structural device, or which is covered by a single roof ;?..
or having a single shared entrance, if not covered by a single roof, and shall
include any structure, structures or land, or contiguous structures or land, ?lr fi
within three hundred (300) feet of the physical plant or location where such
structures or land and the physical plant or location are under common ownership, rv.
control or possession. s
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(a) It shall be unlawful for an person owning, maintaining, operating
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or leasing an alcoholic beverage establishment or his employee or her emPtoYee?
.° agent, servant, or any entertainer employed at the licensed premises or employed a
ioon a contractual basis, or for any patron, customer or spectator, to appear an "???,?:= a??•'?9'
an alcoholic beverage establishment's premises in such a manner or attire as to
k4z expose to public view, or to employ any device or covering that is intended to give the appearance of, any portion of the pubic area, anus, vulva or genitals -TI
or, if such person is a female, the area of the breast directly or laterally
i/ below the top of the areola.•
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or leasing an alcoholic beverage establishment to permit any violation of_' S
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(c) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, maintaining, operating
or leasing an alcoholic beverage establishment or his or her employee, agent,
servant or any entertainer employed at the licensed premises or employed on a
contractual basis, to engage in any activity commonly referred to as "lap
dancing" or "private tableside dancing" whereby the person intentionally sits
upon or rubs against the clothed or unclothed genitals, vulva, anus or buttock
of any patron, customer or spectator therein in exchange for receiving a tip,
donation, gratuity or anything of value, including but not limited to money.
It shall be unlawful as well for the patron, customer or spectator upon whose
body the "lap dancer" or "private tablesiJe dancer" is committing the above
proscribed activity, to permit the activity to occur. However, this subsection
does not apply to acts done for bona fide medical purposes.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, maintaining, operating
or leasing an alcoholic beverage establishment, to permit any violation of
subsection (c) of this section.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, maintaining, operating
or leasing an alcoholic beverage establishment, to permit the construction,
maintenance or use of areas completely or partially partitioned, curtained or
screened from public view that are permitted to be used for the activities
proscribed in subsection (c) of this section.
Sec. 82.04. Penalties.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars (#500), or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 82.05. Revocation of License.
If the person owning, maintaining, operating or leasing an alcoholic
beverage establishment, shall enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to or
be found guilty of any of the offenses designated in Section 82.03(b), (d) or
(e), then the City shall have Just cause to revoke the City Occupational License
for such establishments. Revocation shall be by the City Commission pursuant
to the procedure set forth in Section 71.12.
Sec, 82.06. Severability of Parts of Code.
If any section, sentence, clause, phrase or word is held invalid or
unconstitutional, it shall be severed from the remaining parts of the ordinance,
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Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
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PASSED ON FIRST READING arch 16. 1989
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED AS AMENDED Aoril 6. 1989
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