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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part 3 – Standards  of Operation">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-20" heading="Hours of operation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no live adult entertainment may be conducted between the hours of 2 a.m. and noon.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exception.">If the State changes the closing time for holders of alcoholic beverage licensees, that closing time will apply to adult-entertainment businesses.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §11.0-8c1</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-258</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-443</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-417</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="1-21" heading="Entrances and exteriors of premises.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Exterior entrance doors.">Exterior entrance doors:<para num="(1)">must be kept closed so that adult entertainment activities are not visible from the exterior of the building; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">may be opened only:<para num="(i)">to permit entry and exit; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">for cleaning or ventilation during nonoperational hours.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Entertainment not to be visible from exterior.">The conduct of adult entertainment may not be visible at any time from the exterior of the premises in which it is conducted.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Enclosed vestibule or lobby.">The premises of each adult-entertainment business must have a vestibule or lobby enclosed by immobile walls and consisting of a passage, hall, or room between the outer door facing the street and the part of the premises where the adult entertainment is conducted.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §11.0-8c2(a), (b), (d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-258</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-443</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-417</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="1-22" heading="“Barking”.">
    <text>Any attempt to urge, invite, or entice people to enter the premises of an adult-entertainment business is prohibited anywhere within 50 feet of the premises.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §11.0-8c2(c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-258</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-443</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-417</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="1-23" heading="Owner, etc., to prevent nuisance.">
    <text>Every owner, operator, and manager of an adult-entertainment business must exercise proper care and control to prevent the business or its operations from becoming or creating a public nuisance, whether by the generation of noise, the blocking of public ways, or otherwise.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-417</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="1-24" reserved="true" />
  <section prefix="§" num="1-25" heading="License to be posted.">
    <text>The person to whom an adult-entertainment business license is issued must display it in the lobby, vestibule, or other prominent place on the premises.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §11.0-8k</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-258</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-443</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-417</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="1-26" reserved="true" />
  <section prefix="§" num="1-27" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
