Appendix 4974. Definitions.

Unless the context demonstrates another meaning was intended, the following definitions shall apply to the construction of this chapter.

(a)

"Adult film" means any commercial film, video, multimedia or other representation (including live theater) of sexual penetration or oral sex, but excludes representations of simulations of such conduct under circumstances in which the sexual transmission of infectious disease is not foreseeable.

(b)

"Applicant" means a person who applies for a permit pursuant to Section 4975.

(c)

"Business day" means a day when the County Government Center is open to the public for the conduct of County business.

(d)

"Commercial" as applied to an adult film means either that:

(1)

The filming is intended to be or is remunerated by sale of adult films, advertising, or otherwise or

(2)

Any person is compensated for services as a performer or for other services in production of the adult film, including but not limited to cameramen, sound artists, film editors, lighting artists, electricians, carpenters, and greensmen.

(e)

"County" means the unincorporated area of the County of Ventura.

(f)

"Director" means the Director of Public Health of the County and his or her designees.

(g)

"Filming" shall mean the production of any adult film and includes the conduct identified in subsection (l).

(h)

"Oral sex" means conduct by which a performer makes oral contact with the anus or genitals of another performer.

(i)

"Performer" means any person who engages in sexual penetration or oral sex in the filming of an adult film as one (1) or more of the following:

(1)

The penetrator;

(2)

The one penetrated;

(3)

the person who makes oral contact; or

(4)

The person who is the object of such contact.

(j)

"Permittee" means a person issued a permit pursuant to Section 4975.

(k)

"Permit" means the document issued by the Director that authorizes the permittee to engage in the activities identified in this chapter.

(l)

"Producer of adult film" means:

(1)

Any person who compensates a performer to engage in sexual penetration or oral sex in the production of an adult film, and

(2)

Any person engaged in the production of an adult film with authority to govern the workplace conduct of performers.

"To produce an adult film" means to engage in conduct which makes one a producer of an adult film.

(m)

"Sexual penetration" means oral, vaginal, or anal penetration by a part of the human body or by an inanimate object.

(Ord. No. 4452, § 1, 5-7-2013)