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Ordinance No. 574 Page 12 • 607.05. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this section shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise: (a) Booths, stalls, or partitioned portions of a room or individual room: (i) enclosures specifically offered to persons for a fee or as an incident to performing high-risk sexual conduct, or (ii) enclosures which are part of a business operated on the premises which offers movies or other entertainment to be viewed within the enclosure, including enclosures wherein movies or other entertainment is dispensed for a fee. The phrase "booths, stalls, or partitioned portions of a room or individual room" does not mean enclosures which are private offices used by the owners, managers or persons employed by the premises for attending to the tasks of their employment, and which are not held out to the public or members of the establishment for hire or for a fee or for the purpose of viewing movies or other entertainment for a fee, and are not open to any persons other than employees. (b) Doors, curtains or portal partitions: full, complete, non-transparent closure devices through which one cannot see or view activity taking place within the enclosure. (c) Ha7ardoiis site: any commercial premises, building or structure, or any part thereof, which is a site of high-risk sexual conduct as defined herein. (d) High-risk sexual conduct: (i) fellation; (ii) anal intercourse; and/or (iii) vaginal intercourse with persons who engage in sexual acts in exchange for money. (e) Open to an adjacent public mom so that the area inside is visible to persons in the adjacent public_mom: either the absence of any entire "door, curtain or portal partition" or a door or other device which is made of clear, transparent material such as glass, plexiglass or other similar material meeting building code and safety standards, which permits the activity inside the enclosure to be entirely viewed or seen by persons outside the enclosure. (f) Public health official: an agent or employee of the City charged with the enforcement of the state or local health laws. 607.07. Public Health Replations. Subd. 1. No commercial building, structure, premises or part thereof, or facilities therein shall be so constructed used, designed or operated in the City for the purpose of engaging in, or permitted persons to engage in, sexual activities which include high-risk sexual conduct.