§ 7-130. Escort services.

In addition to the general requirements for an adult entertainment establishment contained in section 7-125, and the special requirement for a sexually oriented business contained in section 7-128, an escort service shall comply with the following special requirements:

(1)

If offering or providing escorts within the city, an escort service must notify the mayor or designee of an authorized physical commercial location, which may or may not be within the city, from where the escort service operates and dispatches escorts.

(2)

Include in all advertising or promotional literature posted, placed, published, or distributed within the city the valid adult entertainment establishment license number issued by the mayor or designee unless the escort service does not refer, send or dispatch escorts to any location within the jurisdictional limits of the city.

(3)

Ensure that every escort and worker of an escort service is provided or obtains, carries while working as an escort, and displays upon the request of any law enforcement officer, a local business tax [receipt] to engage in the occupation of escort within the city. Exception: an escort or worker of an escort service who is a paid employee for whom taxes and Social Security payments are withheld and paid by the escort service and who is not an independent contractor, may substitute and carry a copy of the adult entertainment escort service license of the employing escort service.

(Ord. No. 2002-22, § 3.42, 7-23-2002; Ord. No. 2007-08, § 2, 3-20-2007)