§ 6-25. Required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct or carry on, in or upon any premises within the city, an adult entertainment establishment, as defined in this chapter, without a license. No license so issued shall condone or make legal an activity thereunder if the same is deemed illegal or unlawful under the laws of the state or of the United States.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an adult bookstore, adult motion picture theater, adult minimotion picture theater, adult hotel or motel, adult hotel or adult motion picture arcade, cabaret, encounter center, escort bureau, massage parlor, modeling studio, adult business or adult dancing establishment unless such business shall have a currently valid license or shall have made proper application for renewal within the time required thereof under this chapter, which licensee shall not be under suspension or permanently or conditionally revoked.

(Code 1979, §§ 39-6, 39-7)