Sec. 150.603. - Findings of fact.

The Council finds that: (a) There is presently in Duval County an increasing trend toward nude and seminude acts, exhibitions and entertainment, and toward the utilization of nude and seminude employees engaged in other service-oriented aspects of and by the commercial establishments subject hereto. (b) The competitive commercial exploitation of such nudity and seminudity is adverse to the public's interest in the quality of life, tone of commerce and total community environment in Duval County. (c) The commercial exploitation of nudity and seminudity consists of the use of nude and seminude entertainment in connection with or for the promotion of the sale of goods or services, and the receipt of money by the person engaging in nude or seminude entertainment in exchange for or as consideration for a nude or seminude performance by such individual. (d) The commercial exploitation of nude and seminude acts, exhibitions and entertainment frequently occurs in commercial establishments either selling or allowing consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. (e) There is a direct relationship between the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the nude and seminude activities mentioned above, prohibited hereunder, and more fully described hereinafter and an increase in criminal activities, moral degradation, and disturbances of the peace and good order of the community, and the concurrency of these activities is hazardous to the health and safety of those persons in attendance, and tends to depreciate the value of adjoining property and harm the economic welfare of the community as a whole. (f) The combination of the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages with the performance of nude and seminude acts, exhibitions and entertainment is adverse to the public's interest in the quality of life, tone of commerce and total community environment in Duval County. (g) In order to preserve the public peace and good order, and to safeguard the health, safety, morals and welfare of the community and citizens thereof, it is necessary and advisable to prohibit nude and seminude acts, exhibitions and entertainment in commercial establishments at which alcoholic beverages are, or are available to be sold or consumed. (h) In order to preserve the public peace and good order, and to safeguard the health, safety, morals and welfare of the community and citizens thereof, it is necessary and advisable to regulate and restrict the conduct of owners, operators, agents, employees, entertainers, performers, patrons, spectators and persons on the premises of the commercial establishments subject hereto. (Ord. 87-270-186, § 1; Ord. 94-190-651, § 1)