§ 8-8-010 — House of ill-fame or assignation

8-8-010 House of ill-fame or assignation.

Every house of ill-fame or house of assignation where men and women resort for the purpose of fornication, prostitution, or lewdness is hereby declared to be a nuisance. No person shall keep or maintain a house of ill- fame or assignation, or a place for the practice of fornication, prostitution, or lewdness. Each 24 hours that such house or place shall be kept or maintained for such purpose shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. No person shall patronize, frequent, be found in, or be an inmate of any such house or place used for any of the purposes set forth in this section. No person shall lease to another any house, room, or other premises, in whole or in part, for any of the uses or purposes set forth in this section or knowingly permit the same to be used or occupied for such purposes. (Prior code § 192-1)