Adult bookstores, adult novelty businesses, adult video stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult video arcades and commercial adult establishments—Building specifications—Regulations—Security required.
Henderson Municipal Code § 4.110.170
in effect4.110.170 - Adult bookstores, adult novelty businesses, adult video stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult video arcades and commercial adult establishments—Building specifications—Regulations—Security required.
In addition to the regulations imposed by this or any other chapter of this Code, sexually oriented businesses operating one or more of the types of businesses designated in this section must conform to the following:
A. It is unlawful to display any product, or offer any service or other business activity, for a fee, or which may be offered to the public at no fee, in an area of the establishment that can be viewed from the exterior of the building.
B. With the exception of adult motion picture theaters with seating for more than ten patrons at a time, it is unlawful for any viewing area, or area reserved for the performance of a service or other business activity, of the establishment to have any door, curtain, or other viewing aid or privacy device.
C. It is unlawful for any adult motion picture theater and adult video arcade not to have a uniformed security guard licensed pursuant to this title and NRS Chapter 648 physically on duty in the viewing area at all times the establishment is open to ensure compliance with all federal, state and city statutes and ordinances. If the establishment has an adult motion picture theater and an adult video arcade or multiples thereof, which are maintained in separate areas of the establishment, each area must have its own uniformed security guard on duty.
D. It is unlawful for the entrance to a sexually oriented business not to be visible from the cash register, or reception area, of the establishment.
E. It is unlawful for any area of the adult motion picture theater or adult video arcade not dedicated to the viewing of film, compact disc, digital video disc, video cassette, or other media viewing device, not to have lighting that has a minimum of 30-footcandle power light when measured at a point 60 inches from the floor.
F. It is unlawful for any adult motion picture theater or adult video arcade licensee not to notify the director in writing on a new business license application, any proposed change in the number of film, compact disc, digital video disc, video cassette or other media viewing or projection devices upon the premises and any change in the floor plan thereof, including without limitation, any change in the size and type of any device that is identified in the application for the license, any change in the size of any room in which any device is located and any change in the number of devices that are located in any room of the premises.
G. It is unlawful for any person to place in any adult video arcade, any film, compact disc, digital video disc, video cassette, or other media viewing or projection device, with respect to which the information that is required by subsection F. of this section, has not been provided to, and approved by, the director.
H. It is unlawful for alcoholic liquor as defined in HMC chapter 4.36 to be present on the licensee's premises at any time.
I. It is unlawful to allow loitering in the establishment by persons who are not actually engaged in viewing the products offered for sale, or offered for no consideration, or receiving the lawful services, or other business activities provided by a sexually oriented business.
J. It is unlawful for any business governed by this section to allow a person under the age of 18 years in or on the premises.
K. For all businesses, except a commercial adult establishment which is exempt from this subsection only, it is unlawful for a licensee, or a licensee's employee or agent to engage in any physical contact whatsoever during the transaction of a lawful business activity between the licensed business and the patron.
L. 1.
In the case of a commercial adult establishment, it is unlawful for a licensee, or a licensee's employee, agent or servant, to engage in any physical contact whatsoever beyond the inherent nature of the service, profession or calling performed during the transaction of a lawful business activity between the licensed business and the patron.
2. An example of such lawful contact in subsection L.1. of this section is the cutting or styling of hair when performed by a licensed barber or cosmetologist; and, the lawful contact must not extend beyond that accepted by the industry as necessary to perform the lawful service.
3. Conversely, a maid service does not have as part of its service the necessity to make physical contact with the patron, and is only one example of an unlawful contact.
(Ord. No. 3246, § 1, 1-6-2015)
Source: City of Henderson, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/henderson/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT4BURELI_CH4.110SEORBU_4.110.170ADBOADNOBUADVISTADMOPITHADVIARCOADESUISPEGECREFetched: 11/1/2026