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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/05/2009 06 Audience ParticipationCeSa ->r �rnq�le�� Anonymous said... Lisa Dominguez February 19, 2009 4:25 PM Anonymous said... Cesar Dominguez Feb rua ry 19, 2009 4:28 PM Marah ,Jean said..: Marah Jean Traub February 19, 2009 4:30 PM Anonymous said... . Jeanne Berkheimer February 19, 2009 5:04 PM hondacubber said... Eric Stoothoff Feb rua ry 19, 2009 6:14 PM ,Jennifer Dagdagan said... Jennifer Dagdagan February 19, 2009 7:59 Piet Anonymous said... Sheryl Jones I agree this needs to stop Feb rua ry 19, 2009 11:01 PM Anonymous said... I agree John Walden February 20, 2009 6:51 AM Anonymous said... I agree this needs to stop. Dave Roberts ,p Feb rua ry 20, 2009 9:08 AM Shelley Geinger said... 1 agree. February 20, 2009 9:20 AM Lonnie Geinger said... I agree. Feb rua ry 20, 2009 9: 39 AM Rhonda Shepard said... These drive through "Playmate" espresso stands are degrading to women and are a slap in the face to those who have worked so hard to improve Yakimas downtown! Feb rua ry 20, 2009 10:28 Agri Anonymous said... Lisa Kanelopoulos Feb rua ry 20, 2009 11:09 AM Anonymous said... Melissa Dowd February 20, 2009 11.25 AM Anonymous said... Ross Bethel, MD February 20, 2009 12:14 PM Michele Strobel said... Sign my name to this petition! This type of business helps only one person, the greedy business owner, who is usually so exicted about the revenue($$$$)he /she is making that they somehow justify their actions! The owner must pretend they are doing the community, customer, and barista, a favor by providing a service and a job! Is this really what we want? We have worked too hard as a community to restore, revive and reinvent our downtown to allow this type of business to be established!!! February 20, 2009 12:23 PM E February 20, 2009 5:35 PM Pastor Anne said... I agree, this degrades not only the women, but the men who indulge their lusts, and the city that allows women to sell a peek at their bodies with a coffee drink. It's a sad progression downward. Anne Stoothoff February 20, 2009 7:24 PM Emily Shepard said... Yakima has worked too hard to turn the downtown into something classy and this business puts us in a backwards momentum. February 20, 2009 9:54 PM Anonymous said... Jill Scarlett Feb rua. ry 20, 2009 12:38 PM Anonymous said... This will have huge repercussions for the reputation of Yakima if this isn't stopped! Anonymous said... I do not appreciate having to drive by these establishments with two young children in my ca r. February 20, 2009 1:47 PM 1 Anonymous said... I agree. February 20, 2009.2:50 PM Anonymous said... Jake Scarlett February 20, 2009 4:31 PM Anonymous said... Kareen Crofton February 20,. 2009 9:55 PM Shea Kirschner said... Shea Kirschner February 20, 2009 11:28 PM Anonymous said... I completely agree with the other comments posted here.This is a step backwards for Yakima that might defile the relatively clean image that Yakima has worked so hard on creating. Feb rua ry 21, 2009 1:14 AM Anonymous said... Completely agree. Linda Feb rua ry 21, 2009 7:48 AM. Sandy said... I support this movement to preserve Yakima's image as a wholesome community of courteous people. February 21, 2009 7:57 AM JoAnne said... These establishments are disgusting to use women's bodies for selling COFFEE?M How sad to degrade women in this way! February 21, 2009 8:42 AM Anonymous said... 1 completely agree. Put a STOP to "this kind of advertisement and lets keep Yakima safe and "clean' for our kids growing up here. February 21, 2009 8:45 AM Anonymous said... I agree Feb rua ry 21, 2009 9.06 AM Bob Jones said... I agree February 21, 2009 11:25 AM Anonymous said... Most of us of a certain age remember the 1st street,Yakima Ave and Front Street areas well. It was an ugly place of human trafficking,drunkeness and strip tease bars. We called the places where these things took place sleaze joints. They started out small and by the time Yakima got serious about cleaning them up they were a real hell hole.Most of the buildings are gone now thank goodness. Others have been turned into nice shopes and resturants. A couple are adult vidio shops I wish they were gone also. The Yakima Union Gosple Mission was in the middle of this working 24/7 to reach out to the people caught in this hopless life style.The Union Gosple Mission is now located on 1st Street. One of the coffee bars has opend right next to it.l remember when the Mission wanted to open the Mission at that location and what a fight they had on their hands because so many people did not want them there. One of the resons was because it is one of the first things people from out of town see when they come off the freeway.l'm not hearing much outrage about the coffee bar,why is that? I would much rather the woman in my family work at the Mission helping people get their lives back than work at a coffee bar making money for someone who is exploiting and demeaning them.Many people are going to these coffee bars as a joke. People coming into Yakima are being taken to these bars for a laugh,is it really that funny ?Yakima has a bad reputation for gangs and drugs. Our police department works hard trying to stay on top of our many crime areas, why do we need to add to our compromised reputation. I've heard a saying that "what one generation tolerates the next one takes to extremes" there is no such thing as a not so bad or harmless exploitation. Exploitation is exploitation what ever rung of the exploitation ladder it's on.Come on men of Yakima, you would not want the young women of your families working in these places make a clear and loud statment to the owner of these bars that you are not interested in other peoples daughters. working there either. If all of us stop going to them they will be, gone fast.We do have the power of boycott, let's use ours Yakima. February 21, 2009 12:33 PM Jessica L. said... I agree. Get'em outta here! February 21, 2009 4:58 PM Dual W. Eldridge Jr. said... I agree with all the comments left. We should seriously consider allowing this type of business to have it's foot in the door. It will continue to grow and increase in vulgarity to make a buck. I believe that caffiene is addictive enough on its own. So I see no reason to cause sin in the hearts of hundreds of men and women. on a daily basis intentually. Yakima has come a long way since the days of Stockman's, the Blue Banjo, and the Tin Rhino era. I feel that if we don't nip this in the bud we are only opening the door for worse to come. People talk about all the bad in Yakima but I!say that there is still more good that is untold of. I support the betterment of our downtown area and the city of Yakima as a whole. So I say to the girls being exploited: Put your clothes back on for God's sake. February 22,.2009 2:05 PM Amy Borst said... Amy Borst Feb rua ry 22, 2009 4:27 PM Beverly Valdez said... 9 I agree with all that has been said in regards to the negative impact of these coffee stands. Our children can see just from the road what is going on there. What are we doing? Has anyone thought of the risk to these girls? Nothing good can come of these places. I would love to see them gone as well as the casinos, adult video shops and the hardly modest undergarment shops in the malls. These are unhealthy models to our. young child ren and only b ring t roubte to ou r community. Feb rua ry 22, 2009 7:36 PM Brock said... Brock Roberts February 23, 2009 3:20 PM,, Anonymous said... I agree! - Krista Anderson February 25, 2009 1:25 PM Anonymous said... I agree! Kim Blanchard Feb rua ry. 2 5, 2009 5:54 PM Anonymous said... Ken Blanchard February 25, 2009 5:55 PN, Anonymous said... l agree! Kendra Kupp February 25, 2009 6:22 PM Anonymous said... I strongly agreelll Boycott and get'em out of here! Jennifer Garehime, R.T. February 26, 2009 8:54 AM Comment deleted This post has beer; removed by the author. February 28, 2009 12:41 AM Kym Salazar -Aills said... I am appalled by these stands that are going up around town and think. they should be done away with. It is a sad day when our daughters think they have to undress themselves to make. a quick buck,and their bosses should be ashamed of themselves for prostituting them out, they are no different than a pimp! February 28, 2009 '10:00 PM Chloe Aills said... My name is Chloe Aitts and im 13. 1 think that it is completely disgustingllis not just the fact that they are dressed improper its their age. It isnt right for Young women to be showing skin and acting improper just to make money! I know for sure that when im old enough to work i will NOT be doing anything i will regret for the rest of my life!. When these girls are adults and they look back on their lifes as young women they will be completely embarrassed and feel stupid. Right. now they are not doing whats right for themselves or in Gods eyes! February 28, 21009 10:21 PM Anonymous said... Wow! I am impressed that so many are agreeing and making their opinions known. When good people do nothing, evil flourishes. I am concerned for the thought process the owners went through to come to a point where they would degrade themselves and their employees. I want my city to be a place of refuge for those who have been exploited, hurt, and abused. Not a place that fosters the very things that lead to exploitation, hurting others and abuse. Come on, city fathers! Step up to the plate. Take the moral high road. Dawn Golladay March 1, 2009 2:06.PM wyattnrachel said..: I wholehea rtedty ag ree. The pure love of coffee is enough for most folks to stop and grab a latte, mocha, espresso; or whatever. Are we so lustful and ignorant that we won't buy unless the server is wearing lingerie? What does that say about a society that encourages and even pays a wage for young women to basicatty sell themselves? Oh ... I know what's that's called -- prostitution! March 1, 2004 6 :08 PM Tricia Reyes said... I used to go to one of the.coffee.stands and now I can't because my kids are with me. Also, we used to wash our carat the carwash next to the coffee stand and we no longer go there, as well. We want our family to wash. the car without having to look at that. March 1, 2009 8 :26 PM Robert Reyes said... the kind of image we want conveyed about I agree. our community? let's let our voices be heard! Jo Ann Johnston March 1. 2009 8:26 PM March 2, 2009 9,07 PM Comment deleted This post has been removed by the author. Comment deleted This post has been removed by a blog March 2, 2009 2:41 PM administrator. March 3, 2009 8:55 PM —kei -- said... I agree. If any one was unaware there is another coffee shop that is doing the same Walter Moline said... thing. I don't know what it is called but it is One of the concerns I have heard in talking located right behind mels. There used to be with this issue with other members of our this very nice christian lady who awn it. One community, especially those in the educational day i was thinking about her and was in the system for Yakima School District, in neighborhood decided to stop by and boy was particular the bus drivers I am in contact I surprised. l said my peace something to the with is that some of them have had to ask for fact that you are degrading yourself and for re- routing of their trips so that middle - school what then I left. This needs to stop. It is aged boys are not exposed to this level of sending a bad and misleading message to all sexual immorality and exploitation of the young girls in our community. women. I have also been challenged to apply for employment at one of these March 2, 2009 2:44 PM establishments to which I was told they were not currently accepting applications. i was Anonymous said... totally embarrassed myself to actually do this Jaylene Stark since I personally feel these establishments add no moral fiber to our community. long March 2, 2009 5:07 PM ago we voted not to have top -less bars within the city limits and we have made much Jo Ann Johnston said... efforts to clean up the downtown area, Pornography and porn related activities removing adult entertainment businesses destroys marriages and families, and that used to be prevalent down the main demoralizes women. What possible benefit streets, but now it seems that soft can activities such as lingerie baristas serve pornography, and exploitation of women are in our community? 1 was embarrased and becoming accepted avenues of complacency, ashamed when Yakima received national citing tough economic times. We should all be attention when Fox News highlighted a story ashamed for allowing the degradation of our about our scantily clad baristas. Is this truly moral values within the community. March 4, 2009 10:55 AM Anonymous said... Let's really take a look at how this kind of thing effects men. Now that we ve heard and agree with the views in regards to young girls and women.) don't like to btog because I never did well in classes that were meant to teach me good writing and spelling skills.However carried a decent grade point average due to a wonderful love of mathematics and sciences.fve got to write this kinda of a disclaimer so that I can write whats on my heart and not worry about grammer or spetting.OK? So, back to the matter at hand.I'm a man who has personal expierence with what I thought was an innocent peek.An ended up ruining my first marriage and almost took my present one.The emotional hangovers of frequenting. these kind of places eventually caused addiction.1 just had to see more! what happened was my mind said to me that my wife just couldn't compete, and before you know my marriage was headed towards the end.Today I don't put images in front of my eyes that I would compare my wife to.This makes me really see how beautiful my wife isAt makes me want to honor her by not Looking at any other women.By doing this it makes her feel more desirable to me and in turn I feel more confident that I'm desirable to her.This in turn made me realize that that I don't have that kind of real sensuality with an image, alive,in print or video. But for some reason us men will try and ride that image into the sunset.Because we are taught at an early age the wrong motives for sex and judgement of what beauty is.Miserable for most of my adult life I awoke to this at the age of 45, and was released of bondage.) know this sounds harsh, or you may so what? But, the barista can be a gateway to the next Level of damaging our lives.Or just alone be the start of yet another divorce.For those of you men reading this saying I'm way to serious, or this info is crazy, or can't happen to you.Well, YOUR JUST NOT A "MANLY MAN" who is willing to at least investage the truth in your lives.Check it out,you'll like it!.Sincerly, A REAL MANLY MAN March 5. 2009 9 :50 AM Anonymous said... I agree!!! Megan Hereth March 6, 2009 5:30 PM Anonymous said... I agree. Jean Hereth March 6, 2009 5:40 PM Anonymous said... I agree Candace G riff. March b, 2009 5:41 PM Anonymous said... I agree. Steve Griff. March 6, 2009 5:42 PM Anonymous said... I agree! Ken Hereth March 6. 2009 5:43 PM Anonymous said... I agree. Matt Hereth March 6, 2009 5:414 PM Kiele Ackerman said.- Kiele Ackerman March 7, 2009 2:01 PM Anonymous said... I agree! Carla Strother March 7. 2009 7:51 PM Anonymous said... Michael Fisk March 7, 2009 11:25 Pitt Lori Rainford said... This needs to stop! We need to be voices that can be heard and take back what we all have worked so hard on making a better place. This is degrading and disgusting. March 7, 2009 11:32 PM Anonymous said... To really understand how these places have impacted Yakima read my blog. I have interviewed former student /employees it is a dangerous occupation. There is no security or police protection like they have at Hy's Market when Yakima police hang out there constantly. March 8, 2009 11 :11 AM Anonymous said... I absolutely agree that this needs to stop! These girls don't understand their worth... March 9, 1009 12:20 PAM Anonymous said... Kelsie Crider ' March 9, 2009 12:2.1 PM Anonymous said... Nick Crider March 9, 2009 12:24 Psi Anonymous said... I absolutely agree, this has to stop. Our families are worth taking a stand. Michelle Koffle r March 9, 2009 9:33 PM Anonymous said... Joe Koffler March 9,. 2009 9:33 PM Anonymous said... I will gladly join you and the guest for causing scantly clad women selling coffee to have some kind of dress code. We don't need this in Yakima. Please use my name as I am in your court. I will show up and support you in confronting our city council. Thank you, Jeane Wagner Please let me know the date. March 11, 2009 3:51 PM Elaine Jones said... Continuing to allow coffee shops where the image of women is degraded and dangerous should be a topic the counsel considers doing something about. Please take .action to close the ones in operation, stop future ones from opening and send a message that Yakima is a safe place for families! March 12, 2009 51: 36 AM Becky said... Please add my name to this list. March 14, 2009 3:45 PM Tyffany Fries said... agree. There needs to be some stipulations to protect those that choose not to indulge in these "past times' March 14, 2009 5:27 PM Anonymous said... I agree that this needs to stop. As a mother of a teenage boy I find it very concerning that we must drive around town using alternate routes just to avoid these coffee.stands..I chose to protect my sons from this type of behavior. Please add my name to this petition. March 14, 2049 8:12 PM Samantha Deyette said... Samantha Deyette Ma rch 14, 2009 8:29 PM Anonymous said... Aubrey Does Please let me know if you will be doing any kind of public protest as I would like to participate. March 14, 2009 8:57 PM Anonymous said... Linda Chargualaf March 14, 2009 9:19 PM .Dylan said... Rev, Dytan Does if this will be on the agenda . for City Council I would love to be notified. March 14, 2009 9:34 Pit$ Hannah Noel said... Thanks for doing thisi! Hannah Noel March 14, 2009 9:34 PM jen k said... Jennifer Kattevig March 15, 2009 10:00 AM Anonymous said... The baristas are not a positive addition to the city - the city council and lots of volunteers have tried to make this town a clean, friendly place for all of us to be proud of. These establishments take away from all of those efforts. From that standpoint, the council needs to reconsider allowing these to be in our great city! March 15, 2009 4:06 PM Anonymous said... All March 15, 2009 9:31 PM ti Comment deleted This post has been removed by a blog administrator. March 15. 201)9 9:50 PM Anonymous said... I agree that they should close down these indecent establishments especially, those near to the schools. What has happened to our nice . town ?Can't a business become successful without using. sex? Come on People. Let's get these places cleaned up OR closed down. March 18, 2009 8:0.3 Prof Sadie Dominguez said I agree. Ma rch 21, 2009 12:32 PM . Anonymous said... You should see the Bob Halt employees hang out there in their trucks, taking pictures of young gi its and slinking down in their trucks. Ma rch 22. 2009 5:16 PM L Ghyrn Wakefield said... I agree. April 6,.2009 11 :05 AM Aubrey said... Hello - I stood in agreement with you several weeks back when I commented to this blog.1 have. been checking back frequently and notice that's there. are no updates or ideas of how to send our message beyond just a blog. Are you going to expand -this idea or have the blog show only the letter with the comments from others? 1 am an action person and feet there are probably some great next steps we can take as concerned citizens. Thanks. April 14, 2009 90:46 PM Lisa Dominguez said... To all who have signed your name to this blog, 1 plan to attend the first city council meeting in May to request that they consider categorizing the coffee shops as'adult entertainment. I will also ask them to consider writing tougher regulations on the adult entertainment industry in'Yakima. I have an example of a pretty tough set of regulations from Maryland that I will give them to consider. If you would like to attend that meeting to voice your opinions - great! If you would like to attend a different. meeting, the more the merrier. I think if they hear from us on seve rat occasions it will help them realize we are serious: April 26, 2009 91:33 PM Anonymous said... C Lapsley I agree. We do not need -to sell coffee in this manner. It sells itself quite well. April 28, 2009 10:46 AM r Anonymous said... I agree. Sign me up! Christy Arenson April 29, 2009 7:35 PM CITY OF SALISBURY ORDINANCE NO. 2045 AS AMENDED ON JANUARY 14, 2008 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF , SALISBURY TO ESTABLISH A MORATORIUM ON ANY PERMITS-, OR LICENSES, OR CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FOR ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES. WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of Salisbury, Maryland find that studies from other jurisdictions in the United States have demonstrated that adult entertainment businesses, especially when located in a particular area, are associated with increased crime, depreciation of property values, increased urban blight, and lower quality of life; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council have determined that in order to ameliorate the aforementioned impacts, limit exposure of adult entertainment businesses to children, control the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, and to provide appropriate and fitting locations for such businesses, a period of study must be taken so that the Mayor and Council can best approach the subject of adult entertainment businesses; and WHEREAS, it is not the intent of this Ordinance to suppress any speech activities protected by the First Amendment, but to provide time to enact a content - neutral ordinance which addresses the secondary effects of adult entertainment businesses; and WHEREAS, the..Mayor and the City Council have determined that the City needs time to study the deleterious effects of adult entertainment businesses and to determine the best way to regulate the time, place and manner in which these businesses occur within the City; and WHEREAS, the following words shall be defined as follows: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS shall include the following types of businesses: (1) Adult book or video store: A business establishment open to the public or to members where at least twenty percent of the stock in trade for sale or rental consists of any accessories, books, magazines, photographs, prints, drawings, paintings, motion pictures, pamphlets, videos, slides, tapes or electronically generated images or devices, including computer software, or any combination thereof which are characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting, describing or related to sexual activities or nudity. (2) Adult movie theater: A business establishment open to the public or to members that regularly and routinely offers for viewing on the premises films, videos, electronic files, single or multidimensional images, or. similar material characterized by an emphasis on matters depicting, describing or related to sexual activities, including video images captured and transmitted in the moment by any means which are remotely controlled by the patrons or employees of the theater. (3) Adult live entertainment establishments: A business establishment open to the public or to members that regularly and routinely features employees or live performers who appear in a state of nudity or presents live entertainment, exhibits, displays, performances, contests or demonstrations including the display of the human body in such a manner as to titillate, excite or entertain the patrons or to provide any type of goods or services characterized by sexual activities, real or simulated, or nudity. NUDITY — Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitalia, pubic regions, buttocks, or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola, or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered. SEXUAL ACTIVITIES — Means and includes any of -the following: (1) the fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts; (2) sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy; (3) masturbation, actual or simulated; or (4) excretory functions, alone or as a part of or in connection with any of the activities described above. Sexual activities may also include "sexual conduct," "sexual excitement," or "sadomasochistic abuse" as these definitions occur in the criminal law provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the council of the City of Salisbury, Maryland, that a moratorium be, and the same is hereby, issued against the issuance of any permits_, or licenses, or certificates of occupancy for adult entertainment businesses for a period of si*t�, (60) one hundred (100) days or until the passage of the appropriate zoning ordinance and business licensing ordinance, whichever shall first occur. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the council of the City of Salisbury, Maryland, that this Ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of its final passage. THIS ORDINANCE was introduced and read at the meeting of the Council of the City of Salisbury held on the '26th day of November, 2007, and having been published as required by law, in the meantime, was finally passed by the Council at its meeting on the .14th day of January; 2008. Brenda J. Colegrove City Clerk Approved by me this day of 2008. Barrie P. Tilghman Mayor of the City of Salisbury Louise Smith, ' J President of the City Council of the City of Salisbury ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 2 Print Dare: 12 -29 -2000 School. A facility where persons regularly assemble for the purpose of instruction or education including any playgrounds, stadiums, or other structures and grounds used in conjunction therewith. This shall include but not be limited to public and private schools used for primary, secondary, or post - secondary education. Xc�ed Anatomical Areas. Shall include any of the following: (a) Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals or pubic region; buttock; or female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola. (b) Human male genitalia in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered. SECTION 3 LICENSE REQUIRED It shall be unlawful for any person, association, firm, partnership, or corporation to engage in, conduct or carry on, in or upon any premises within the City of Lake Park, an Adult Entertainment Establishment without a valid adult entertainment license to do so. The issuance of such license shall not be deemed to authorize, condone, or make legal any activity or conduct that is illegal or unlawful under the laws of the State of Georgia or the United States. The annual license fee for an Adult Entertainment Establishment shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Mayor and Council. SECTION 4 ON- PREMISE OPERATOR REQUIRED An Adult Entertainment Establishment shall have a designated person(s) to serve as an on- premise operator. The operator(s) shall be principally in charge of the establishment and shall be located on the premises during operating hours. SECTION 5 EMPLOYEE PERMIT REQUIRED It shall be unlawful for any person to be employed by an Adult Entertainment Establishment without a permit issued under the terms of this Ordinance. For the purposes of this section, the term "employee" includes an "independent contractor ". SECTION 6 ADMISSION OF MINORS UNLAWFUL (a) It shall be unlawful to allow a person younger than 18 years of age to enter an Adult Entertainment Establishment. (b) It shall be the duty of the operator to ensure that an attendant is stationed at each public entrance to the establishment at all times during the establishment's operating hours. It shall be the duty of the attendants to -_ _ii_- -- _-__ - _ ___ ___ ____ A__ �i__ - __ _r 1 0 _ -_ ___ .- _-_.__ mot_ -- ti__t- ___­ T. -I__ii t_ - -3 .t ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 3 Print Date: 12 -29 -2000 (b) No Adult. Entertainment Establishment shall be located within 750 feet of any of the following: (1) Any parcel of land which is zoned for residential uses or purposes. (2) Any parcel of land upon which a church, school, licensed day care center, governmental building simultaneously owned and occupied by such government, library, civic center, neighborhood public park or neighborhood playground is located. (3) Any parcel of land upon which another Adult Entertainment Establishment is located. For purposes of this section, measurement of distances shall be from property line to property line along the shortest possible straight line, regardless of any customary-or common route or path of travel (i.e. "as the crow flies"). The term "parcel. of land" shall mean any quantity of land capable of being described by location and boundary, designated and used or to, be used as a unit, and duly recorded in Lowndes County, Georgia. (c) The minimum lot area for an Adult Entertainment Establishment shall be one (1) acre with a minimum 150 feet of road frontage on a public right -of -way. (d) Buildings and structures "established in connection with an Adult Entertainment Establishment shall be set back at least 40 feet from any property line. (e) A minimum of one (1) parking space shall be provided for every 100 square feet of gross building area, or for every 3 customer seats, whichever is greater. (f) Merchandise or.activities of the establishment shall not be visible from any point outside the establishment. (g) Signage shall be limited to one (1) freestanding sign not to exceed 50 square feet of copy area (total of all sides), one (1) wall sign not to exceed 50 square feet. Maximum sign height shall not exceed 10 feet from. ground level to highest point of the sign. Minimum sign setbacks shall be 8 feet from any property line•or street right -of -way line. SECTION 8. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT- ESTABLISHMENT EMPLOYEES (a) Employees of an Adult Entertainment Establishment shall not be less than 18 years of age. Every employee must be of good moral character as defined in this Ordinance. Any employee who is, convicted of a sex- related crime, or drug- related or alcohol- related felony while employed as an Adult Entertainment Establishment employee, shall not thereafter be employed by any Adult Entertainment Establishment licensed under this Ordinance for a period of 5 years from the date of such conviction, unless a longer time is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. The term convicted shall include an adjudication of guilt or a plea of guilty. The term "while employed as an Adult.Entertainment Establishment employee" shall include all work done or services performed while in the scope of employment elsewhere than on the licensed premises. (b) Before any, person may be employed by an Adult Entertainment Establishment, he or she shall file an application for an Adult Entertainment Establishment employee permit with the City Clerk and receive approval: An investigation fee of ($50.00) shall accompany the application. Each applicant shall provide a signed and notarized consent, on forms prescribed by the Georgia Crime Information. Center; authorizing the release of the applicant's criminal records to the Lake Park Police Department. The City shall have 15 days to investigate information contained in the application. If the prospective employee. is found to be of good moral character, the City Clerk shall approve the permit and the prospective employee may begin working on the licensed premises. If approval is denied, the prospective employee may, within 10 days of said denial, make appeal to the City Council of the City of Lake Park. (c) No patron, dancer, or other employee of an Adult Entertainment Establishment shall, while on the premises of an Adult Entertainment Establishment, commit the offense of public indecency as defined in O.C.G.A. §16-6-8. For purposes of this section, the term "employee" shall include an "independent: contractor." ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 4 Print Date: 12 -29 -2000 suspension or revocation. (e) For the purpose of this Ordinance, independent contractors shall be _considered, employees and shall be permitted as such, regardless of the business relationship with the owner or licensee of any Adult Entertainment Establishment. SECTION 9 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE (a) Any person, association, firm, partnership, or corporation desiring to obtain a license to operate, engage in, conduct or carry on any Adult Entertainment Establishment. shall make application to the City Clerk, or designated representative. The application must be made in the name of the Adult Entertainment Establishment and include the names of the operator and each owner as defined in this Ordinance. The application shall be accompanied by a non - refundable fee, established from time to time by resolution of the City of Lake Park, to defray, in part, the cost of investigation and report required by.this Ordinance. (b) The license application does not authorize the. engaging in, operation of, conduct, of or carrying on of any Adult Entertainment Establishment. SECTION 10 APPLICATION CONTENTS Each application for an Adult Entertainment Establishment license shall contain the following information and documentation: (a) The proposed establishment's name, street address (and mailing address if different), and telephone number. (b) The name and street address (and mailing address if different) of the owner(s). The name, street address (and mailing address if different), and Georgia driver's license number of the intended operator. (c) A general description of services and entertainmentto be provided. (d) The legal description of the parcel of land on which the establishment is to be located.. (e) The business, occupation and employment history of each owner and operator for 5 years immediately preceding the date of application. (f) If any owner or operator has had an Adult Entertainment Establishment license or similar type of license denied, revoked or suspended, then .the violation(s) that led to the denial, suspension or revocation as well as the date(s) and disposition of such, including any fine or sentence imposed, and whether or not the terms of the disposition have been completed. (g) If any owner or operator has been convicted of any crime involving good moral character in the past 5 years, a complete description of such crime including date of violation, date of conviction, jurisdiction and any disposition, including fines or sentences imposed and whether the terms of disposition have been fully completed. (h) If the establishment does or proposes to do business under a trade name, then a copy of the trade name as properly recorded. (i). If the establishment is a Georgia corporation, then a certified copy of the articles of incorporation, together with all amendments thereto; and the most recent annual report. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 5 Print Date: 12 -29 -2000 (k) If the establishment is a limited partnership formed under the laws of Georgia, then a certified copy of the certificate of limited partnership, together with all amendments thereto, filed in the office of the City Clerk. (1) If the establishment is a foreign limited partnership, a certified copy of the certificate of limited partnership and the qualification documents, together with all amendments thereto. (m) A plat by a registered engineer or surveyor, licensed by the State of Georgia, certifying the location of the proposed premises is not inconsistent with the provisions contained in Section 7 of this Ordinance respecting location and development standards. (n) The application shall contain a statement under oath that: (1) The person(s) signing the application have personal knowledge of the information contained in the application and that the information contained therein is true and correct; and (2) The person(s) signing the application have read the provisions of this Ordinance. (o) The application shall be signed by the operator and each owner. (p) The operator and each owner shall provide a signed and notarized consent, on forms prescribed by the Georgia Crime Information Center, authorizing the release of their criminal records to the Lake Park Police Department. (q) The written consent of a registered agent as required by Section 19(a) of this Ordinance. (r) Items (h) through (1) above shall not be required for a renewal application if the applicant states that documents previously furnished with the original application or previous renewals thereof, remain correct and current. SECTION 11 OWNER AND OPERATOR TO APPEAR The operator and at least one (1) owner, as defined in this Ordinance, shall personally appear at the public hearing for consideration of the application, scheduled pursuant to Section 12 of this Ordinance. SECTION 12 APPLICATION - INVESTIGATION (a) Within 15 days of receipt of the application, the City Clerk or designee shall review the application and send a copy to all affected departments of Lowndes County to determine compliance with county laws and regulations, and to the Lake Park Police Department to investigate the character and reputation of each owner and operator. Each notified department shall submit a report within 15 days to the City Clerk. If no report is received, it shall be concluded that there is no objection. (b) The City Clerk shall prepare and cause to be published, a notice of public hearing for each pending application. Such notice shall include the date, time, and place of the public hearing; the location or street number of the proposed Adult Entertainment Establishment, and the name of each owner and operator. The applicant shall pay all publication costs. The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City, and shall appear once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks immediately preceding the public hearing. The City Clerk, or designee, shall post a "notice of public hearing sign" on the subject property during this advertisement period. (c) The City of Lake Park may approve the license at the public hearing upon finding that: (1) The required fee has been paid. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 6 Print Date: 12 -29 -2000 (4) Each owner and operator has fully cooperated in the investigation of bis application. (5) Each owner and operator is of good moral character as defined in this Ordinance. (6) No owner or operator has had an Adult Entertainment Establishment license or other similar license or permit denied, suspended or revoked for cause involving moral character by this City or any other unit of government located in or out of this state prior to the date of application. (7) The building, structure, equipment, or location of the proposed Adult Entertainment Establishment will comply with all applicable City of Lake Park zoning and development standards. (8) Each owner and operator is at least 21 years of age. (9) No owner or operator is a City employee, an elected or appointed City official, or a spouse of an elected or appointed City official. (10) No owner or operator has within 5 years of the date of application, committed or knowingly allowed another to commit the crime ofpublic indecency, as defined in O.C.G.A. § 16 -6 -6, upon the premises of an Adult Entertainment Establishment or similar business. (11) The location of the proposed Adult Entertainment Establishment is not inconsistent with the provisions of Section 8 of this Ordinance respecting location and development standards. (12) The approval of such license will not cause a violation of this or any other ordinance or regulation of the City of Lake Park, State of Georgia, or the United States. (13) The registered agent's written consent has been provided. (d) If the license is approved, it shall be issued jointly in the name of the establishment and each owner and operator. (e) The issuance of an Adult Entertainment Establishment license shall not authorize any other conduct or activity regulated by other City ordinances, including but not limited to the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance. (f) The licensee shall post with the City Clerk a ($10,000.00) cash bond or surety bond payable to the City of Lake Park subject to the licensee's faithful performance of the provisions of this Ordinance. All surety bonds shall be issued by a surety licensed to do business in the State of Georgia and listed on the U.S. Treasury list as an "approved surety ". SECTION 13 LICENSE RENEWAL Licenses for Adult Entertainment Establishments may be renewed on a calendar year basis provided that licensees continue to meet the requirements set out in this Ordinance. The renewal fee for an Adult Entertainment Establishment license shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Mayor /Council of the City of Lake Park. Renewal applications shall be submitted by November 15th of each year prior to January I' of the year for which such permit is requested, The form for renewal applications shall be furnished by the City Clerk. SECTION 14 LICENSES NON - TRANSFERABLE No Adult Entertainment Establishment license may be sold, transferred or assigned by a licensee, or by operation of law, to any other person or persons. Any such sale, transfer or assignment, or attempted sale, transfer or assignment, shall be deemed to constitute a voluntary surrender of such license and such license shall thereafter be null and void; provided and excepting however, that if the licensee is a partnership and one or more of the partners should die, one or more of the surviving partners may acquire, by purchase or otherwise, the interest of the deceased partner or partners without effecting a surrender or termination of such license. In such case, upon notification to the City, the license shall be placed in the name of the surviving partner. An Adult Entertainment Establishment license issued to a corporation shall be deemed terminated and void when either any outstanding stock of the corporation is sold, transferred or assigned after the issuance of a license, or any stock not issued at the time of the granting of a license is thereafter issued. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 7 Print Date: 12 -29 -2000 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS - CHANGE OF LOCATION OR NAME (a) No Adult Entertainment Establishment shall move from the location specified on its license until a change of location fee, established by resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake Park, has been deposited with the City, and approval has been obtained from the City Council. Such approval shall not be given unless all applicable requirements and regulations have been met. (b) No licensee shall operate, conduct, manage, engage in, or carry on an Adult Entertainment Establishment under any name other than the name of the business, and his name as specified on the license. (c) Any application for an extension or expansion of a building or other place of business where an Adult Entertainment Establishment is located shall require inspection and compliance with the provisions and regulations of this Ordinance. SECTION 16 REVOCATION AND APPEAL (a) The City Clerk shall be authorized to suspend or revoke an Adult Entertainment Establishment license under the conditions set forth in this Section. In the event the City Clerk seeks to suspend or revoke a license, the.- City Clerk shall give written notification to the licensee of such action and such notice shall contain= a= specification of the violation(s). (b) The City Clerk may suspend or revoke a license in the event of any of the following: (1) A licensee gave false or misleading information in the application or renewal process. (2) A licensee knowingly allowed possession, use, or sale of controlled substances on the premises, or the licensee did not make a reasonable effort to prevent such occurrence(s). (3) A licensee violated or knowingly allowed violation of this Adult Entertainment Establishment Ordinance, any other ordinance of the City, or any criminal law of the State of Georgia to occur on the premises; or the licensee did not make a reasonable effort to prevent such violation(s). (4) A licensee has been convicted of any drug- related, alcohol- related, or sex - related crime by the State of Georgia or City of Lake Park regarding any offense which was committed on the premises, or which would otherwise violate the provisions of this Ordinance. (5) A licensee failed to pay any fee, license fee, fine or other amount of money due to the City of Lake Park under this Ordinance or any other ordinance of the City of Lake Park. (c) In the event that the City Clerk determines that a license violation has occurred, such license shall be suspended for 30 days for the first violation. For a second violation, the license shall be suspended for 60 days. For a third and all subsequent violation(s), the license shall be suspended for 90 days. Any license that has been suspended three (3) or more times in any consecutive twelve -month period, shall be revoked. In addition, any licensee found to be in violation of Sections 6(a) and 8(c) of this Ordinance shall be subject to immediate license revocation. Provided however, that the licensee shall be allowed to continue business operations until the date of the hearing scheduled in accordance with subsection (e) hereafter. No licensee or any other applicant may apply for a license for the same premises during any period of suspension or revocation. (d) In the event of license suspension or revocation by the City Clerk, the licensee may appeal the decision of the City Clerk to the City Council by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk within 10 days from the effective date of written notice received by licensee in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section. The notice of appeal shall be accompanied by a memorandum or other writing, setting out fully the grounds for such appeal and all arguments in support thereof. The City Clerk may submit a memorandum in response to the memorandum filed by the licensee upon appeal to the City Council. The City Clerk's decision shall be final unless an appeal is timely filed. An appeal shall stay the City Clerk's decision until the appeal is heard or withdrawn. The City Clerk shall place the appeal on the agenda of the next regular City Council meeting ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 8 Prins Date: 12 -29 -2000 (e) When an appeal is placed on the City Council agenda, the Council may take either of the following actions: (l) Set a hearing date before the City Council and instruct the City Clerk to give such notice of hearing as may be required by law; or (2) Appoint a hearing officer and fix the time and place for hearing- The The hearing officer may or may not be a City. employee, and maybe appointed. for an extended period of time. The City Clerk shall assume responsibility for such publication of notice of the hearing as may be required by law. If a hearing officer is appointed, the hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures set out in this Ordinance. In either event, the hearing shall be held within 30. days of the City Council's action, unless a continuance of such date is agreed to by the licensee and the City Clerk. (f) At any hearing, the hearing officer (or the City Council if a hearing officer is not appointed) shall receive oral and written testimony regarding the appeal. Hearings shall be conducted under rules issued by the hearing officer or City Council, which shall be consistent with rules applied in administrative proceedings, and shall ensure that each party may present evidence, cross - examine witnesses, and be represented by legal counsel. (g) If the hearing is held before the City Council, the Council may'sustain, overrule, or, modify the action of the City Clerk. Appeals from the decision of the City Council shall be to the Superior Court of Lowndes County, . and filed within 30 days-of the City Council's decision. The decision of the City Council shall otherwise be final. (h) If the hearing is held before a hearing officer, the hearing officer shall, within a reasonable time' not exceeding 15 days from the termination date of such hearing, submit a written report to the City Council. Such report shall contain a brief summary of the evidence considered, and state the findings, conclusions and recommendation. The report shall recommend that the City Council sustain, overrule, or modify the action of the City Clerk. The report shall be filed with the City Clerk, and shall be considered public record. A copy of such report shall be forwarded by certified mail to the appellant on the same day it is filed with the City Clerk. An additional copy shall be furnished to the Lake Park Police Department. The City Clerk shall place the hearing officer's report on the agenda of the next regular City Council 'meeting occurring not less than 10 days after the report is filed. The City Clerk shall also notify the appellant of the date of such meeting at least 10 days prior to the meeting. unless the appellant stipulates to a shorter notice period. (i) The City Council may adopt or reject the hearing officer's decision in its entirety or may modify the proposed recommendation. The City .Council shall base its determination on the hearing officer's report and other evidence in the record. No additional evidence or arguments shall be ,permitted at the Council meeting. If the Council does not adopt the hearing officer's recommendation, it may: (1) Refer the matter to the same or another hearing officer for a de novo hearing, or for the taking of additional evidence on specific points, and in either of such cases the hearing officer shall proceed as provided in this Ordinance; or (2) Decide the case upon a review of the entire record before the hearing officer, with or without taking additional evidence. SECTION 17 CRIMINAL PENALTIES (a) Any person, firm or corporation operating an Adult Entertainment Establishment within the City of Lake Park without having obtained a license as provided in this Ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as found by a court of competent jurisdiction, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount of not less than ($500.00) nor more than ($2,000.00). Each day the Adult Entertainment Establishment is- operated without a license, it shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as,such. (b) Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this Ordinance shall be guilty- of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined in an. amount not less than ($50.00) nor more than ($2,000.00). Each violation thereof shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 9 Print Date: 12 -29 -2000 UNLAWFUL OPERATION DECLARED NUISANCE Any Adult Entertainment Establishment operated, conducted or maintained contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance shall be and the same is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance. The City may, in addition to, or in lieu of prosecuting a criminal action hereunder, commence action(s) or proceeding(s) for abatement, removal or enjoinment thereof, in a manner provided by law. It shall take such other steps and shall apply to such court or courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such Adult Entertainment Establishment. and restrain and enjoin any person from operating, conducting or maintaining an Adult Entertainment Establishment contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 19 NOTICES, REGISTERED AGENT, JURISDICTION (a) All licensed establishments must have and continuously maintain in Lowndes County a registered agent upon whom any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law or under this Ordinance to be served upon the licensee, may be served. This person shall act as registered agent for the operator and each owner collectively. This person must be a resident of Lowndes County. The operator may be appointed as the registered agent if he or she is a resident of Lowndes County. The licensee shall file the name of such agent, along with the written consent of such agent, with the City Clerk as part of the license application. By appointing such registered agent, and as a condition of the issuance of a license pursuant to the terms of this Ordinance, the licensee agrees that any legal action brought by the City against the Adult Entertainment Establishment or the licensee (which includes the operator or any owner) to enforce the provisions of the Ordinance, may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction in Lowndes County, Georgia. . (b) Any notice required or permitted to be given by the City Clerk or any office, division, department or other agency under this Ordinance to any licensee, operator or owner of an.Adult Entertainment Establishment, may be given by either: (1) personal delivery or; (2) by certified United States mail addressed to licensee's registered agent at the most recent address specified in the agent's written consent form received by the City Clerk, or any notice of address change which has been received by the City Clerk. If personally delivered; the notice's effective date shall be the date of delivery. If mailed, the notice's effective date shall be two (2) days after the notice is placed in the mail. SECTION 20 CONDITIONS OF ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT APPROVAL (a) All Adult Entertainment Establishments shall be kept in a clean,. sanitary condition, and shall be in full compliance with all applicable.ordinances and regulations of the City of Lake Park, Lowndes County, and State of Georgia. (b) The Lowndes, County Health Department shall have the authority to regularly inspect Adult Entertainment Establishments to determine compliance with all applicable health rules and regulations and report any violation to the City Clerk.. ' (c) The Lake Park Fire Department shall have the authority to` regularly inspect Adult Entertainment Establishments to determine compliance with all applicable fire regulations and report any violations to the City Clerk. (d) The building inspector or designee shall have the authority to regularly inspect Adult Entertainment Establishments to determine compliance with all applicable building and other technical codes of the City. (e) The Lake Park Police Department shall have the authority to periodically inspect Adult Entertainment ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - -- City of Lake Park, Georgia Page 10 Print Date: 12 -29 -2000 SECTION 21 MISCELLANEOUS (a) Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be deemed to permit or condone any activity whatsoever which is otherwise declared to be obscene or illegal by any applicable code, regulation, or statute which violates any .jurisdictional prohibition upon nudity or sexual activity. Further, the activities and uses which are regulated and permitted by this Ordinance shall only be allowed if they are not obscene and not in violation of any other such prohibitions on nudity or sexual activity. This paragraph shall supersede and limit all other provisions of this Ordinance. (b) It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City of Lake Park that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this enactment are severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section hereof shall be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such declaration shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and'sections of this Ordinance. (c) This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. This Ordinance shall become part ofthe Official Code of Lake Park.