STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
AGENDA DATE: December 13, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
EXECUTIVE: Jon Fortune
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SUBJECT
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An ordinance amending Chapter 41A, "Sexually Oriented Businesses," of the Dallas City Code by amending Section 41A-4; (1) providing clarification that the possession of a late hours permit issued under Dallas City Code Section 14-3.1 does not exempt a sexually oriented business from the hours of operation requirement in Section 41-14.3; (2) providing a penalty not to exceed $4,000.00 and confinement in jail not to exceed on year; (3) providing a saving clause; (4) providing a severability clause; and (5) providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
On January 26, 2022, the Dallas City Council passed Ordinance Number 32125, an ordinance amending Chapter 41A, "Sexually Oriented Businesses," of the Dallas City Code. This ordinance provides that sexually oriented businesses may not operate between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. each day. Several sexually oriented business licensees have submitted applications to the Dallas Police Department for permits to operate a late-hours dance hall.
Currently, Dallas City Code Section 41A-4(e) states that if a licensee has applied for, and received, both a sexually oriented business license and a dance hall license, the applicant must comply with the requirements of both Chapter 14, "Dance Halls," and Chapter 41A, "Sexually Oriented Businesses," of the Dallas City Code. The possession of a late-hours permit issued pursuant to Section 14-3.1 of the Dallas City Code does not exempt the licensee of a sexually oriented business license from the provisions of Section 41A-14.3(a) of the Dallas City Code. This code amendment provides further clarification for licensees who obtain both a license to operate a sexually oriented business and a permit to operate a late-hou...
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