Clothing modeling studios.
Charlotte City Code § 6-482
in effectSec. 6-482. - Clothing modeling studios.
(a) A clothing modeling studio, regardless of whether or not a license has been issued for such business under this article, shall be subject to the following:
(1) A model shall not encourage or permit a patron to expose or display the patron's specified anatomical areas.
(2) A model shall not suggest or imply that a customer should or is permitted to expose or display the patron's specified anatomical areas.
(3) A model shall not expose or display the model's specified anatomical areas at any time the model is in the presence of a patron.
(4) A model shall not straddle a patron.
(5) A model shall not offer or agree to straddle a patron.
(6) A model shall not intentionally touch the clothed or unclothed body of a patron at any point below the waist and above the knee of the patron.
(7) A model shall not encourage or permit a patron to touch the clothed or unclothed body of the model at any point below the waist and above the knee of the model.
(8) A model shall not encourage or permit a patron to touch the clothed or unclothed breast of the model.
(9) All fees and charges, including tips and gratuities, paid by a patron of a clothing modeling studio shall be paid to the model or the studio before the modeling session begins. A model shall not solicit or accept any tip, gratuity, or compensation from a patron in violation of this subsection.
(10) All modeling for a patron must occur in the presence of and be visually observable by an employee who is not a model.
(11) The entrance to each room in which modeling for a patron is being performed shall be free of any obstruction such as a door, curtain, wall, partial wall, panel, board, or other device, and the entire interior of each such room shall be visible from the aisle, walkway, or hallway leading to the room.
(b) It shall be the duty of the operator and any owner who is present on the premises to ensure that clothing modeling is not performed in the presence of a patron in violation of subsection (a) of this section. It shall be unlawful for any such operator or owner to knowingly fail to fulfill that duty.
(c) It shall be unlawful for a model to violate any of the subsections of subsection (a) of this section.
(Code 1985, § 6-151)
Source: City of Charlotte, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/charlotte/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH6BUTR_ARTIXSEORBU_S6-482CLMOSTFetched: 10/27/2026