§ 10-102. Advertising.  


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  • No adult bookstore, massage establishment, adult motion picture theater, or adult dancing establishment shall:

    (1)

    Display a sign advertising the presentation of any activity prohibited by a state statute, an ordinance of the county, or any applicable municipal ordinance.

    (2)

    Display a sign capable of leading a reasonable person to believe that the establishment engages in an activity prohibited by a state statute, an ordinance of the county, or any applicable municipal ordinance of the city.

    (3)

    Erect, install, maintain, alter or operate any sign in violation of any ordinance or resolution of the county or the city.

    (4)

    Engage in, encourage or permit any form of personal advertising for the commercial benefit of the establishment or for the commercial benefit of any individual who displays or exhibits specified anatomical areas within the establishment.

    (5)

    Permit or require any employee of the establishment, regardless of whether the establishment is licensed under this article, to loiter outside any structure on the establishment or to engage in advertising on behalf of the employee, any other employee, or the establishment while situated outside any structure on the establishment, including but not limited to sitting or standing outside any structure on the establishment or waving to or otherwise enticing potential customers beyond the establishment to enter the establishment. For purposes of this subsection, the term "outside any structure" shall be construed to mean the employee is situated at a place at the establishment where the employee is visible from any public right-of-way or sidewalk.

(Code 1988, § 2.5-52)