§ 2.3-11. Advertising and signs.

(a)

Advertisements, displays or other promotional materials for any adult entertainment establishment or sexually oriented business, except as authorized and described within this section, shall not be shown or exhibited so as to be visible to the public from any street, sidewalk or other public place.

(b)

The provisions of subsection (a) shall not prohibit the use of a sign displaying the name of the business as regulated by this section.

(c)

Except as provided in this section, signs for adult entertainment establishments and sexually oriented businesses within the unincorporated area of the county shall be subject to the county's sign regulations in article VII of the LDC.

(d)

A sign for an adult entertainment establishment or a sexually oriented business shall not contain any flashing lights, photographs, silhouettes, drawings or pictorial representations of any type or manner and shall be limited in content to welcome notices, information regarding food or drink specials, show times and names of entertainers, and to the following:

(1)

The name of the establishment or business, and/or,

(2)

One (1) or more of the following applicable phrases:

a.

"Adult bookstore."

b.

"Adult theatre."

c.

"Adult dancing establishment."

d.

"Adult motel."

e.

"Adult entertainment."

f.

"Movie titles posted within premises."

g.

"Adult video store."

(3)

No sign for an adult entertainment establishment or sexually oriented business shall include the words "nude," "nudity," "naked," "topless," "go-go" or "dancers," or words including slang substitutes or materials depicting, describing or relating to specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities.

(4)

Each letter forming a word on a sign for an adult entertainment establishment or a sexually oriented business shall be of a solid color, and each such letter shall be the same print type, size and color. The background behind such lettering on the display surface shall be of a uniform solid color.

(5)

Any changeable copy sign or portable or temporary advertisement for an adult entertainment establishment or a sexually oriented business shall be brought into immediate compliance with the restrictions of this section.

(e)

In recognition of the provisions of F.S. §§ 847.013 and 847.0133, which protects minors from exposure to obscene material, any business which is an adult bookstore or adult video store shall have in place at each entrance to such business a sign, no greater than one (1) square foot in size, stating:

"Persons under eighteen (18) years of age not permitted."

(Ord. No. 2015-8, § 1, 3-24-15)