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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-2102" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Revocation and Suspension of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “adult entertainment” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the employment or use of an individual in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages in or on the licensed premises while the individual is unclothed or in attire, costume, or clothing so as to expose to view any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola or of any portion of the pubic hair, anus, cleft of the buttocks, vulva, or genitals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the employment or use of the services of a hostess or other individual to mingle with the patrons while the hostess or other individual is unclothed or in attire, costume, or clothing described in item (1) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the encouragement of or allowing an individual on the licensed premises to caress or fondle the breasts, buttocks, anus, or genitals of any other individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>allowing an employee or other individual to wear or use a device or covering exposed to view that simulates any portion of the breast, genitals, anus, or pubic hair;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>with respect to entertainment provided:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>allowing an individual to perform an act of or act that simulates:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, or a sexual act that is prohibited by law;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the caressing or fondling of the breast, buttocks, anus, or genitals; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the display of the pubic hair, anus, vulva, or genitals;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>subject to item (i) of this item, allowing an entertainer whose breasts or buttocks are exposed to perform closer than 6 feet from the nearest patron; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>allowing an individual to use an artificial device or inanimate object to depict, perform, or simulate an activity prohibited under item (i) of this item; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>show a motion picture, still picture, electronic reproduction, or other visual reproduction depicting:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an act or simulated act of sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, or a sexual act that is prohibited by law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an individual being caressed or fondled on the breast, buttocks, anus, or genitals;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a scene in which an individual displays the vulva, anus, or genitals; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a scene in which an artificial device or inanimate object is used to depict, or a drawing is used to portray, a prohibited act described in this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section, this section does not apply to a license holder that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>offered adult entertainment as of May 31, 1993, or the transferee of the license for the same premises if the transferee continues to offer adult entertainment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>operates a theater, a concert hall, an art center, a museum, or a similar establishment that is primarily devoted to the arts or theatrical performances, when the performances presented express matters of serious literary, artistic, scientific, or political value.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may not authorize and a license holder may not allow:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adult entertainment on the licensed premises or on adjacent property over which the license holder has ownership or control; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an individual under the age of 21 years to enter an establishment of a license holder specified under subsection (b)(1) of this section, unless the individual is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an employee, an agent, or a contractor of the establishment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Mayor and City Council may authorize the Board to enforce the laws and regulations of the City that govern adult entertainment business licenses.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>On finding that a violation of this section has occurred, the Board shall revoke or suspend the license or impose a fine or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
