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Article XX
Public Entertainment
ARTICLE XX              PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT

Section 1
The acts or conduct enumerated in Section 2 of this Article are deemed contrary to the public need and to the common good and therefore are prohibited in or on the premises licensed under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 138, Sections 1 and 12 or Chapter 140, Section 181 or 183A.

Section 2
The following acts or conduct are prohibited as provided in Section 1 of this Article:
a.) To encourage or permit any person in or on the licensed premises to touch, caress, or fondle the breasts, buttocks, or genitals of any other person.
b.) To employ or permit any person to wear or use any device or covering exposed to view which simulates the breasts, buttocks, pubic hair or genitals or any portion thereof.
c.) To employ or permit any person in or on the licensed premises to perform an act or acts, or to simulate the acts or act of:
(1) Sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, flagellation, or any sexual acts prohibited by law;
(2) Touching, caressing, or fondling of the breasts, buttocks or genitals of another.

Section 3
Nothing contained in this Article shall permit other conduct or activity in or on any licensed premises in violation of any general or special law or by-law now in force or hereafter enacted or adopted.

Section 4
Nothing contained in this Article shall limit or prohibit the appropriate licensing authority from adopting additional regulations relating to conduct or activity on licensed premises or from imposing additional conditions on the issuance of any license.

Section 5
Violation of the provisions of this Article shall be cause for the suspension or revocation of any license granted pursuant to General Laws, Chapter 138, Sections 1 and 12, or Chapter 140, Section 181 or 183A.

Section 6
In addition to the penalty imposed by Section 5, hereof, violations of this By-law shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each day a prohibited activity occurs shall constitute a separate offense.

Section 7
In any of the provisions of this Article, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this Article, or the application of any other provisions or application thereof, and for this purpose the provisions of this Article are severable.


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