§ 4-36. Lewd, immoral, improper entertainment prohibited.  


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  • (a)

    The following acts or conduct on the premises are deemed to constitute lewd, immoral or improper entertainment and are prohibited by this section and therefore no on-sale permit for alcoholic beverages shall be held at any premises where such conduct or acts are permitted:

    (1)

    Employment or use of any person in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages in or upon the licensed premises while such person is unclothed or in such attire, costume or clothing 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.

    (2)

    Employment or use of the services of any hostess or other person to mingle with the patrons while such hostess or other person is unclothed or in such attire, costume, or clothing as described in (1) of this section.

    (3)

    Encouraging or permitting any person on the premises to touch, caress or fondle the breasts, buttocks, anus or genitals of any other person.

    (4)

    Permitting any employee or person to wear or use any device or covering, exposed to view, which simulates the breast, genitals, anus, pubic hair or any portion thereof.

    (b)

    Live entertainment is permitted on any permitted premises, except that no permittee shall permit any person to perform acts of or acts which simulate:

    (1)

    Sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation or any sexual acts which are prohibited by law.

    (2)

    The touching, caressing, or fondling of the breasts, buttocks, anus or genitals.

    (3)

    The displaying of the pubic hair, anus, vulva, genitals or nipple of the female breast.

    Subject to the provisions of this section, entertainers whose breasts or buttocks are exposed to view shall perform only upon a stage at least eighteen (18) inches above the immediate floor level and removed at least three (3) feet from the nearest patron. No permittee shall permit any person to use artificial devices or inanimate objects to depict any of the prohibited activities described herein.

    (c)

    The following acts or conduct on permitted premises are deemed to constitute lewd, immoral or improper entertainment as prohibited by this section and therefore no on-sale permit for beverages of low alcoholic content shall be held at any premises where such conduct or acts are permitted including the showing of film, still pictures, electronic reproduction or other visual reproductions depicting:

    (1)

    Acts or simulated acts of sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation or any sexual acts which are prohibited by law.

    (2)

    Any person being touched, caressed or fondled on the breasts, buttocks, anus, or genitals.

    (3)

    Scenes wherein a person displays the vulva or the anus or the genitals.

    (4)

    Scenes wherein artificial devices or inanimate objects are employed to depict or drawings are employed to portray, any of the prohibited activities described herein.

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 26:90(B)—(G), R.S. 26:286(B)—(G).