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G-529 - 01/25/1994 - VILLAGE CODE - Ordinances ORDINANCE 94-AL-RR-G- 529 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3-30 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK ("SOLICITING FOR PROSTITUTION AND THE PURCHASE OF BEVERAGES PROHIBITED IN LICENSED PREMISES; NUDITY AND TABLE DANCING PROHIBITED IN LICENSED PREMISES") WHEREAS, pursuant to the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934, 235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. , the Village of Oak Brook has the authority to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages within the Village; and WHEREAS, the Twenty-First Amendment of the United States Constitution confers to the states the authority to regulate and prohibit the use of alcoholic beverages; and WHEREAS, pursuant to certain provisions of the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934, the 'Village of Oak Brook has the authority to exercise the power which was conferred upon the State of Illinois by the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution to regulate and prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages; and WHEREAS, this ordinance is enacted pursuant to the power and authority which the Village of Oak Brook has under the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, DU PAGE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS as follows: Section 1: That the provisions of the preamble hereinabove set forth are hereby adopted as though fully set forth herein. Section 2: Section 3-30 of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of Oak Brook shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows: "Section 3-30. Soliciting for Prostitution, the Purchase of Beverages Prohibited in Licensed Premises; Nudity and Table Dancing Prohibited in Licensed Premises. (a) No holder of a liquor license, its agent or employee shall allow, permit or suffer to maintain on the Licensed Premises any person who engages in an act which constitutes soliciting for a prostitute or soliciting for a juvenile prostitute as defined in 720 ILCS 5/11-15 and 720 ILLS 5/11-15.1. No holder of a liquor license, its agent or employee shall commit any act which constitutes keeping a place of prostitution as set forth in 720 ILCS 5/11-17 on the Licensed Premises. 94-AL-RR-G-529 Amending Section 3-30 Relative to Solicitation Page 2 (b) No holder of a liquor license, its agent or employee shall allow, permit or suffer to remain on the Licensed Premise any person who solicits any customer or patron of the Licensed Premises to purchase alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. (c) No holder of a liquor license, its agent or employee shall allow or permit any employee or contractor who performs any dance or exhibition on the Licensed Premises to solicit or accept payment of money or other valuable consideration from any customer or patron of the Licensed Premises for such performance. (d) No holder of a liquor license, its agent or employee shall employ or contract with any person to engage in any live act, dance or exhibition on the Licensed Premises in any room or area where alcoholic beverages are sold, dispensed, or delivered unless such act, demonstration, dance or exhibition is performed on a single continuous stage which has an area of not less than 100 square feet and which, if circular, has a radius of not less than six feet and which, if square or rectangular, has a width at its smallest point of not less than ten feet. (e) No holder of a liquor license, its agent or employee shall allow, permit or suffer any person to engage in any live act, demonstration, dance, exhibition or appearance on the Licensed Premises which exposes to public view: (1) His or her genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum and anal region or pubic hair region; or (2) Any device, costume or covering (including latex, plastic or other substances) which gives the appearance of or simulates the genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anal region or pubic hair region; or (3) Any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola, or any simulation thereof. For purposes of this section, any of the items described in subsections (1) through (3) shall be considered exposed to public view if it is uncovered or is less than completely and opaquely covered. Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is, for any reason, held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or the application of such portion to other persons or circumstances.