Tennessee § 7-51-1403 - Physical design of premises.
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§ 7-51-1403. Physical design of premises.
No person shall own, operate, manage, rent, lease or exercise control over any commercial building, structure, premises or portion or part of any commercial building, structure or premises that is an adult-oriented establishment and that contains: Partitions between subdivisions of a room, portion or part of a building, structure or premises having an aperture that is designed or constructed to facilitate sexual activity between persons on either side of the partition; or Booths, stalls, or partitioned portions of a room or individual rooms, used for the viewing of motion pictures or other forms of entertainment, having doors, curtains or portal partitions, unless such booths, stalls, partitioned portions of a room or individual rooms so used shall have at least one (1) side open to adjacent public rooms so that the area inside is visible to persons in adjacent public rooms. Such areas shall be lighted in a manner that the persons in the areas used for viewing motion pictures or other forms of entertainment are visible from the adjacent public rooms, but such lighting shall not be of such intensity as to prevent the viewing of motion pictures or other offered entertainment. Acts 1995, ch. 421, § 4.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Tennessee Code Annotated § 7-51-1403 cover?
Section 7-51-1403 ("Physical design of premises.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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