Unlawful conduct.
Columbus City Codes § 2325.03
in effect2325.03 - Unlawful conduct.
(A) No owner or operator of a premises licensed by the Department of Liquor Control for the sale and/or consumption of beer or intoxicating liquor shall:
(1) Employ or permit to be employed any musician, entertainer or any other person under the age of eighteen;
(2) Permit or allow any employee, entertainer, or patron to expose the employee, entertainer, or patron's genitals, pubic area, or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or, if such person is a female, a breast with less than a full opaque covering on any part of the nipple;
(3) Permit or allow any employee, entertainer, or patron to place the employee, entertainer, or patron's hand upon, touch with any part of the employee, entertainer, or patron's body, fondle in any manner, or massage the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any other person or the breasts of any female, or if the employee is a female, of any other female;
(4) Permit or allow any employee, entertainer or patron to perform, offer, or agree to perform any act that would require the touching of the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any other person or the breasts of any female or, if the employee is a female, of any other female.
(B) No employee of a premises licensed by the Department of Liquor Control for the sale and/or consumption of beer or intoxicating liquor shall:
(1) Place the employee's other hand upon, touch with any part of the employee's other body, fondle in any manner, or massage the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any other person or the breasts of any female or, if the employee is a female, of any other female;
(2) Perform, offer, or agree to perform any act that would require the touching of the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any other person or the breasts of any female or, if the employee is a female, of any other female;
(3) Uncover the genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of any other person or the breasts of any female, or if the employee is a female, of any other female.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful conduct, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 2535-94; Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT23GEOFCO_CH2325LICO_2325.03UNCOFetched: 10/27/2026
