LFUCG Code Chapter 29 regulates sexually-oriented businesses through licensing, location buffers from schools, churches, parks, and residential zones, plus operating-hour limits and employee permits. Adult cabarets, bookstores, and theaters require LFUCG approval before opening.
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code Chapter 29 establishes a comprehensive licensing scheme for sexually-oriented businesses including adult cabarets, adult bookstores, adult theaters, and escort agencies. Operators must obtain an SOB license, pay annual fees, undergo background checks, and locate buildings outside specified buffer distances from schools, churches, public parks, residential zones, and other adult businesses. Performers and employees often need separate work permits. Operating hours are restricted and on-premises alcohol consumption is typically prohibited. Violations bring license revocation, criminal misdemeanor charges, and civil nuisance abatement.
Operating without an SOB license, locating within prohibited buffers, or violating performer-distance rules brings revocation, misdemeanor charges, and civil abatement.
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