§ 7.36.064. Fraudulent wedding chapel advertising prohibited, exceptions.

(a) It is unlawful for the owner or operator of any wedding chapel or other establishment at which weddings are performed, or for the owner or operator of any so-called "tourist information center," "tourist reservation center" or similar business establishment regardless of how named which advertises weddings or wedding information, to display or cause to be displayed on any outdoor sign or outside sign any advertising which includes any of the following material:

(1)

Any wedding chapel rates charged for weddings to be performed, or any combination of words, letters, figures and/or numerals of any kind which indicate or can reasonably be construed as indicating the price at which any wedding service at such establishment may be obtained;

(2)

Any reference to "low rates," "lowest rates," "special rates," "summer rates," "winter rates," "seasonal rates," or any other phraseology referring to any special rates, savings, charges, prices or other economic advantages available at such establishment;

(3)

Any reference to any gratuities, merchandise or special service as being free of charge, including free meals, free corsages, free witnesses, free transportation, free show reservation, free drinks or other free gifts or services in connection with weddings performed at such establishment;

(4)

The word "dollar" or the symbol thereof, or any of the numerals from one to nine, or zero, or words indicating the same, irrespective of whether such numeral or numerals are a part of the name of an association of which such owner or operator is or may claim to be a member; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful to advertise by means of an outside sign, or outdoor sign, membership in a recognized national association, the name of which includes a numeral or numerals;

(5)

Any use of the word "license."

(b)

This section shall apply to all wedding chapel advertising displayed within the unincorporated areas of Clark County regardless of the location of the establishment to which such advertising relates.

(c)

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from placing the street address of such establishment upon an outdoor sign; provided, however, such numerical address must be placed horizontally across the sign and must be followed by the name of the street on which such establishment is located, and provided, further, that such address shall be in letters and numbers of the same size and shall contain no dashes, commas, periods, or blank spaces between the numerals or letters.

(d)

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from placing the telephone number of such establishment upon an outdoor sign; provided, however, such numerical display of the telephone number must be placed horizontally across the sign and that the telephone number shall be in numerals the same size as the letters in the balance of the sign; and provided further, that the telephone number shall be placed with only the normal parentheses immediately preceding and succeeding the numerals denoting the telephone area code and only the normal hyphen separating the telephone exchange number from the balance of the telephone number. The outdoor display of the telephone number shall contain no other punctuation or spacing within the display of the telephone number than that set forth in this subsection.

(Ord. 673 § 1, 1979: Ord. 385 § 2, 1972)