Unlawful acts.
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 426.10
in effectSec. 426.10. - Unlawful acts.
It shall be unlawful for:
(1) Anyone to engage in, conduct or carry on any cabaret or adult cabaret establishment without a valid license issued pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Any person in any licensed establishment to place his or her hands upon, or to touch with any part of his or her body, or to fondle in any manner, or to massage, the genital area of any other person. This provision shall not apply to any performance which constitutes a form of constitutionally protected expression, unless such performance is deemed to be obscene.
(3) Any person in any licensed establishment to expose his or her genital area or any portion thereof to any other person, or to expose the genital area or any portion thereof of any other person. This provision shall not apply to any performance which constitutes a form of constitutionally protected expression, unless such performance is deemed to be obscene.
(4) Any person, while in the presence of any other person in any licensed establishment, to fail to conceal with a fully opaque covering the genital area of his or her body. This provision shall not apply to any performance which constitutes a form of constitutionally protected expression, unless such performance is deemed to be obscene.
(5) Any person owning, operating or managing any licensed establishment knowingly to cause, allow or permit in or about such establishment any agent, employee or any other person under his or her control or supervision to perform such acts prohibited in subparagraphs (1) through (4) of this section or any obscene act.
(6) Any person to employ any person under the age of eighteen (18) to work in any adult cabaret.
(Ord. No. 17623, § 1, 1-17-89)
Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITXXIXLI_CH426CA_S426.10UNACFetched: 11/1/2026