Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-2-308) › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-1-606) › Subchapter 3 - ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESSES IN PROXIMITY TO LOCATIONS FREQUENTED BY CHILDREN (§§ 14-1-301 — 14-1-308) › Section 14-1-302 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Adult arcade" means any place where the public is permitted or invited and where a still or motion picture machine, projector, or other image-producing device is:
(A)
Coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically, electrically, or mechanically controlled; and
(B)
Maintained to show an image or images involving a specific sexual activity or a specific anatomical area to a person in a booth or viewing room;
(2)
"Adult bookstore or video store" means a commercial establishment that offers for sale or rent any of the following as one (1) of its principal business purposes:
(A)
A book, magazine, periodical or other printed matter, photograph, film, motion picture, videocassette, reproduction, slide, or other visual representation that depicts or describes a specific sexual activity; or
(B)
An instrument, a device, or paraphernalia that is designed for use in connection with a specific sexual activity;
(3)
"Adult cabaret" means any nightclub, bar, restaurant, or other similar commercial establishment that regularly features a:
(A)
Person who appears in a state of nudity or who is seminude;
(B)
Live performance that is characterized by the exposure of a specific anatomical area or a specific sexual activity; or
(C)
Film, motion picture, videocassette, slide, or other photographic reproduction that is characterized by the depiction or description of a specific sexual activity or a specific anatomical area;
(4)
"Adult live entertainment establishment" means an establishment that features either a:
(A)
Person who appears in a state of nudity; or
(B)
Live performance that is characterized by the exposure of a specific anatomical area or a specific sexual activity;
(5)
"Adult motion picture theater" means a commercial establishment in which for any form of consideration a film, motion picture, videocassette, slide, or other similar photographic reproduction characterized by the depiction or description of a specific sexual activity or a specific anatomical area is predominantly shown;
(6)
"Adult-oriented business" means an adult arcade, an adult bookstore or video store, an adult cabaret, an adult live entertainment establishment, an adult motion picture theater, an adult theater, a massage establishment that offers adult services, an escort agency, or a nude model studio;
(7)
"Adult-oriented performance" means a performance that is intended to appeal to the prurient interest and that features:
(A)
A person who appears in a state of nudity or is seminude;
(B)
The purposeful exposure, whether complete or partial, of:
(i)
A specific anatomical area; or
(ii)
Prosthetic genitalia or breasts; or
(C)
A specific sexual activity;
(8)
"Adult theater" means a theater, a concert hall, an auditorium, or a similar commercial establishment that predominantly features a person who appears in a state of nudity or who engages in a live performance that is characterized by the exposure of a specific anatomical area or a specific sexual activity;
(9)
"Child care facility" means a facility that is licensed by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education to provide care or supervision for minor children;
(10)
"Escort" means a person who:
(A)
For consideration agrees or offers to act as a date for another person; or
(B)
Agrees or offers to privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another person;
(11)
"Escort agency" means a person or business association that furnishes, offers to furnish, or advertises the furnishing of an escort as one (1) of its primary business purposes for any fee, tip, or other consideration;
(12)
"Local unit of government" means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, an incorporated town, or a county;
(13)
"Massage establishment that offers adult services" means an establishment that offers massage services characterized by an emphasis on a specific sexual activity or a specific anatomical area;
(14)
"Minor" means an individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age;
(15)
"Nude", "nudity", or "state of nudity" means any of the following:
(A)
The appearance of a human anus, human genitals, or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola; or
(B)
A state of dress that fails to opaquely cover a human anus, human genitals, or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola;
(16)
(A)
"Nude model studio" means a place where a person who appears in a state of nudity or who displays a specific anatomical area is observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed, or otherwise depicted by another person for money or other consideration.
(B)
"Nude model studio" does not include a proprietary school that is licensed by this state, a college, community college, or university that is supported entirely or in part by taxation, a private college or university that maintains and operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, community college, or university that is supported entirely or in part by taxation, or a structure containing an establishment to which the following apply:
(i)
A sign is not visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising appears indicating that a nude person is available for viewing;
(ii)
A person must enroll at least three (3) days in advance of a class in order to participate; and
(iii)
No more than one (1) nude or seminude model is on the premises at a time;
(17)
"Park" means any area primarily intended for recreational use that is dedicated or designated by any federal, state, or local unit of government, local agency or entity, or any private individual, business, or group including any land leased, reserved, or held open to the public for use as a park;
(18)
"Place of worship" means a structure where persons regularly assemble for worship, ceremonies, rituals, and education relating to a particular form of religious belief and which a reasonable person would conclude is a place of worship by reason of design, signs, or architectural features;
(19)
"Playground" means any:
(A)
Public park or outdoor recreational area with play equipment installed and designed to be used by children; and
(B)
Outdoor recreational area with play equipment installed that is owned and operated by a charitable organization or a business;
(20)
"Public funds" means funds, moneys, receivables, grants, investments, instruments, real or personal property, or other assets, liabilities, equities, revenues, receipts, or disbursements belonging to, held by, or passed through a governmental body;
(21)
"Public library" means:
(A)
A city library established under §
13-2-501
et seq.;
(B)
A county library established under §
13-2-401
et seq.;
(C)
A joint city-county library established under §
13-2-401
et seq. or §
13-2-501
et seq.; and
(D)
Any other library system established under §
13-2-401
et seq., §
13-2-501
et seq., or the Regional Library System Law, §
13-2-901
et seq.;
(22)
"Recreational area or facility" means an area or facility open to the public for recreational purposes;
(23)
"Residence" means a permanent dwelling place;
(24)
"School" means a public or private elementary, secondary, charter, or postsecondary school;
(25)
"Seminude" means a state of dress for which clothing covers no more than the genitals, the pubic region, and a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola, as well as portions of the body that are covered by supporting straps or devices;
(26)
"Specific anatomical area" means any of the following:
(A)
A human anus, genitals, pubic region, or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola that is less than completely and opaquely covered; or
(B)
Male genitals in a discernibly turgid state if less than completely and opaquely covered;
(27)
"Specific sexual activity" means any of the following:
(A)
A sex act, actual or simulated, including an act of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy; or
(B)
Fondling or other erotic touching of a human genital, a pubic region, a buttock, an anus, or a female breast; and
(28)
"Walking trail" means a pedestrian trail or path primarily used for walking but also for cycling or other activities.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Acts 2007, No. 387, § 1.