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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Adult entertainment.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Supplemental terms defined.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">In this subsection, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Nudity.">“Nudity” means:<para num="(A)">the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering over any part below the top of the nipple; or</para>
          <para num="(C)">the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iii)" heading="Partial nudity.">“Partial nudity” means a state of dress in which opaque clothing covers no more than:<para num="(A)">the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the female breasts below the top of the nipples; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="“Adult entertainment” defined.">“Adult entertainment” means live entertainment:<para num="(i)">in which individuals appear for public view in a state of  nudity or partial nudity;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">that is intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">that is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on material that depicts, describes, or relates to:<para num="(A)">human genitals in a discernible state of sexual stimulation or arousal; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, sodomy, or physical contact with an individual’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if the individual is female, breast; or</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iv)">that, applying contemporary standards, the average individual would find, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Adult-entertainment business.">“Adult-entertainment business” means any cabaret, lounge, night club, modeling studio, or other establishment that offers its customers adult entertainment.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Board.">“Board” means the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City.</para>
    <para num="(e)" />
    <para num="(f)" />
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §13.0-1-6</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-258</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-443</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-417</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">For the Code-wide standard definition of “includes” and “including”, see &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-105"&gt;§ 1-105&lt;/cite&gt;.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">For the Code-wide standard definition of “person”, see &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107"&gt;§ 1-107&lt;/cite&gt;.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
