Escort bureau, license required; adult cabaret exception.
Peoria, Ariz., City Code § 11-22
in effectSec. 11-22. Escort bureau, license required; adult cabaret exception.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to work or perform services as, conduct, manage, operate, or maintain an escort bureau unless licensed pursuant to Sections 11-20 through 11-38.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a business that has been licensed under Sections 11-20 through 11-38 while the license for that business is suspended.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to work or perform services as, conduct, operate, manage, or maintain a sexually-oriented escort bureau, regardless of license.
(d) It shall be unlawful to operate an escort bureau that has not been issued a separate license for each location at which the escort bureau conducts business or advertises.
(e) It shall be unlawful to knowingly employ an escort with a revoked identification card.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of Sections 11-20 through 11-38, any person issued a sexually-oriented business license to operate an adult cabaret pursuant to Sections 11-1 though 11-19 is exempt from the requirements of Sections 11-20 through 11-38 for those licensed activities while that license is valid and unsuspended.
(Ord. No. 2017-27, § 22, 6-13-17)
Source: City of Peoria, Arizona, City Code and Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/peoriaaz/latest/peoria_az/0-0-0-50278Fetched: 11/8/2026