Markham : Règlement no 2018-90, art. 20(b) — Licensing and Regulation of Stationary Businesses By-law

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• (a) No Person under the age of nineteen may be or act as an Owner or Operator of an Adult Entertainment Parlour or provide any Services in an Adult Entertainment Parlour;

No one may provide Services in an Adult Entertainment Parlour to a Person under the age of nineteen years;

• (c) No Owner or Operator shall permit any Person under the age of nineteen to enter or remain in any Adult Entertainment Parlour owned or operated by him;
• (d) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit any Person from entering or remaining in any licensed as an Adult Entertainment Parlour except when Services are being provided in such Premises;
• (e) No Owner or Operator may, in respect of an Adult Entertainment Parlour owned or operated by that Person, knowingly permit any Attendant, while providing Services as an Attendant, to touch, or be touched by or have physical contact with any other Person in any manner whatsoever involving sexual touching, which shall include rubbing, fondling or manual stimulation of the genitals, the buttocks, or the breasts of the Attendant’s body or of that Person’s body, whether or not such body parts are clothed or unclothed; By-law 2018-90
• (f) No Attendant, while providing Services as an Attendant, may touch or be touched by or have physical contact with any other Person in any manner whatsoever involving sexual touching, which shall include rubbing, fondling or manual stimulation of the genitals, the buttocks, or the breasts of the Attendant’s body or of that Person’s body, whether or not such body parts are clothed or unclothed;
• (g) Every Owner and every Operator shall ensure that signage is posted in conspicuous locations throughout the Adult Entertainment Parlour sufficient to be visible to all Attendant’s and patrons therein, which signage shall indicate the prohibition respecting sexual touching, which shall include rubbing, fondling or manual stimulation of the genitals, the buttocks, or the breasts of the Attendant’s body or of that Person’s body, whether or not such body parts are clothed or unclothed;
• (h) The Adult Entertainment Parlour shall be provided with adequate ventilation and with lighting that is adequate to ensure visibility;
• (i) Within any Adult Entertainment Parlour, the Owner shall designate an area, which shall be the only area within which adult entertainment Services may be provided, and which area shall contain no smaller room, area or cubicle enclosed or partitioned by any wall extending from the floor to a height in excess of 1.07 metres from the floor;
• (j) No room, area or cubicle located within the Adult Entertainment Parlour, other than the area designated for that purpose, may be used by any Person for the provision of adult entertainment Services;
• (k) No Adult Entertainment Parlour or part thereof shall be used as a or for sleeping purposes or contain therein any furniture which is commonly used or may be used for sleeping purposes;
• (l) No door to any room, area of cubicle where adult entertainment Services are or may be provided, save and except for the area designated and used by the Owner or Operator as office space, one storage room and rooms required for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems of the Adult Entertainment Parlour, shall be equipped or constructed with a locking device of any kind, or with any other device or structure which could delay or hinder anyone from entering or obtaining access to such room, area or cubicle;
• (m) No Attendant may provided entertainment Services in a room, area, or cubicle which has a door or other means of access that is equipped or constructed with a locking device of any kind or that is equipped or constructed in such a way as to permit the obstruction, hindrance or delay of any Person attempting to gain entry thereto; and
• (n) Every Owner applying for a Licence under this By-law shall file with his application a floor plan of the Adult Entertainment Parlour upon which the Owner shall clearly designate the area which shall be used to Provide adult entertainment Services, the area which shall be used as office space, the storage room and the By-law 2018-90 heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, if any. In the event that the Owner wishes to amend the floor plan, he shall first file with the Licensing a copy of the amended floor plan and shall not proceed to make such alterations without first obtaining the approval of the Licensing Officer.