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TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Judy K. Parks, Acting City Attorney
RE: Ordinance Amendment to Correct Internal Reference in Code
DATE: April 5, 2013
Our office received a call in January from a person inquiring about the regulations contained in
Ames Municipal Code Section 17.31, Touching of Certain Entertainers Regulated. The caller
was trying to locate the definition of "adult entertainment business" and the ordinance
incorrectly referred to a code section that no longer contains that definition. This ordinance
amendment is a correction to this internal reference. The definition of "adult entertainment
business" is now located in a table in the zoning code, specifically Table 29.501(4)-7.
Correcting this error will clarify what specific businesses are subject to the regulations contained
in Section 17.31 of the Ames Municipal Code. I am therefore asking that you approve the
attached ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING INTERNAL REFERENCE IN
MUNICIPAL CODE TO REFLECT CORRECT LOCATION OF
DEFINITION FOR"ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS"
BE IT ENACTED,by the City Council for the City of Ames,Iowa,that:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall be and the same is hereby amended by
repealing Sections 17.31(1)&(2)and adopting a new Sections 17.31(1)&(2)to read as follows:
"Sec. 17.31. TOUCHING OF CERTAIN ENTERTAINERS REGULATED.
(1) No person appearing as an entertainer on commercial premises subject to an Iowa liquor license or
beer permit, or on premises of an `adult entertainment business' within the meaning of Table 29.501(4)-7, Ames
Municipal Code, shall fondle, caress or sit on the lap of any customer on said premises if the entertainer presents a
performance on the premises while nude or so attired as to leave exposed the entertainer's genitals, or pubic hair, or
anus,or buttocks, or female breast,or female breast with only the nipple covered.
(2) No person present as a customer on commercial premises subject to an Iowa liquor license or beer
permit, or on premises of an `adult entertainment business' within the meaning of Table 29.501(4)-7, Ames
Municipal Code, shall fondle, caress or sit on the lap of any entertainer on said premises if the entertainer presents a
performance on the premises while nude or so attired as to leave exposed the entertainer's genitals, or pubic hair, or
anus,or buttocks, or female breast,or female breast with only the nipple covered.
Section Two. Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a municipal infraction
punishable as set out by law.
Section Three. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of such conflict,if any.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as
required by law.
Passed this day of ,2013
ATTEST:
Diane R.Voss,City Clerk Ann H. Campbell,Mayor