Sec. 10-33Regulations

(a) No person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity shall advertise, or cause to be advertised, an adult entertainment establishment, as defined in this chapter, without a valid adult entertainment occupation tax certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

(b) No later than March 1 of each year, an adult entertainment establishment applicant shall file a verified report with the license officer showing the applicant's gross receipts and amounts paid to dancers for the preceding calendar year.

(c) An adult entertainment establishment applicant shall maintain and retain for a period of two years the names, addresses, and ages of all persons employed as dancers.

(d) No adult entertainment establishment applicant shall employ or contract with, as a dancer, a person under the age of 18 years or a person not licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(e) No person under the age of 18 years shall be admitted to an adult entertainment establishment.

(f) An adult entertainment establishment, as defined in this chapter, shall be closed between 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekdays and 2:55 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

(g) No dancer shall fondle or caress any patron, and no patron shall fondle or caress any dancer.

(h) If any portion or subparagraph of this section of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.

State Law reference— Local authority to regulate, O.C.G.A. § 36-60-3.