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 Clark County
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 7. BUSINESS REGULATIONS*
 Chapter 7.09. BATHHOUSES

  § 7.09.045. Operating requirements.  

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  • The operating requirements for a bathhouse are as follows:

    (a)

    A person designated as the bathhouse manager shall be on the premises at all times of operation and the person so designated must hold a valid unexpired work identification card issued by the LVMPD;

    (b)

    A list of services available and the cost of such services shall be available and visible in an open public place within the premises, and shall be described in readily understandable terms. No owner, manager, employee, or licensee shall permit or offer to perform any service other than those printed, available, and visible;

    (c)

    All employees shall wear nontransparent outer garments. Said garments shall not expose their genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or chest;

    (d)

    Employees shall maintain the work identification card, issued by the LVMPD, clearly visible on their person during business hours;

    (e)

    No person shall enter, or be in any part of a bathhouse while in possession of, or consuming any alcoholic beverage (unless the liquor licensing provisions of Clark County Code Chapter 8.20 have been met and a health permit issued) or drug (except pursuant to a prescription for such drugs). The owner, bathhouse manager or licensee shall not permit any such person to enter or remain upon such premises;

    (f)

    No licensee, owner, principal, manager, or employee shall touch or bath the genitals of a male or female customer or touch or bath the female customer's breast(s) or areolas;

    (g)

    No licensee, owner, manager, principal, or employee shall bath an individual of the opposite gender;

    (h)

    No licensee, owner, principal, manager, or employee, shall permit any customer to bath with another customer of the opposite sex;

    (i)

    No licensee, owner, principal, manager, or employee shall permit any customer to bath or touch the genitals of another customer or touch or bath the female breast(s) or areolas of another customer;

    (j)

    No licensee, owner, principal, manager, or employee shall permit any sexual activity to occur anywhere on the premises of a bathhouse;

    (k)

    No bathhouse shall employ a person who is under the age of eighteen;

    (l)

    No bathhouse shall be equipped with tinted or two-way mirrors in any room or office;

    (m)

    Electrical powered lighting shall be provided in all areas of a bathhouse. Minimum or greater illumination levels as specified by applicable building codes shall be maintained in all areas of the bathhouse at all times the bathhouse is occupied;

    (n)

    Separate dressing rooms for each gender must be available on the premises and must contain individual lockers;

    (o)

    All employees of a bathhouse shall wear an identification nameplate which shall contain a photograph of the employee, the full name, and the work card number assigned to the employee on the front of their outermost garment at all times during the hours of operation;

    (p)

    The bathhouse shall operate in conformance with all federal, state, and local regulations, including zoning, licensing, building, fire, and health district regulations at all times;

    (q)

    The bathhouse shall be immediately accessible to the director or anyone assigned by the director or the LVMPD during all hours of operation;

    (r)

    The use of a maze, catwalk, or pit, or any opening in the walls designed to allow customers, owners, or employees to spy or otherwise watch the activities of another is prohibited;

    (s)

    The rental or provision of sleeping accommodations by or in a bathhouse is prohibited.

(Ord. 2501 § 1 (part), 2000)