17.16.590 - Adult-oriented business development and performance standards

All off-street parking areas and premise entries of the sexually oriented business shall be illuminated from dusk to closing hours of operation with a lighting system which provides an average maintained horizontal illumination of one foot candle of light on the parking surface and/or walkways.

It shall be unlawful for any permittee, operator, or other person in charge of any adult-oriented business to employ, or provide any service for which it requires an adult-oriented business permit, to any person who is not at least 18 years of age.

Every adult-oriented business shall display at all times during business hours the permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for such adult-oriented business in a conspicuous place so that the same may be readily seen by all persons entering the adult-oriented business.

Representatives of the police, health, fire, planning or other city departments may inspect the premises of an adult-oriented business in accordance with this Section 17.16.700.

The interior of the adult-oriented business shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view from a manager's station of every area of the adult-oriented business to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose, excluding restrooms.

A manager's station may not exceed 32 square feet of floor area.

No entertainer, either before, during or after performances, shall have physical contact with any patron and no patron shall have physical contact with any entertainer either before, during or after performances by such entertainer.

No patron shall directly pay or give any gratuity to any entertainer and no entertainer shall solicit any pay or gratuity from any patron.

Customers, patrons or visitors who are not actively engaged in shopping for or reviewing the products available on display for purchaser viewing shall not be allowed to stand idly by in the vicinity of any such video booths, or in the common area of such business.

No openings of any kind shall exist between viewing rooms or booths.

The licensee shall cause all floor coverings in viewing booths to be nonporous, easily cleanable surfaces, with no rugs or carpeting.

Except for those businesses also regulated by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, an adult-oriented business may be open for business only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and midnight on any particular day, unless alternative hours are mandated as a condition of approval of a zone change.

It is a violation of this chapter for a person knowingly and intentionally to appear in a state of nudity in an adult-oriented business or any other public place.

Fixed rail(s) at least 30 inches in height shall be maintained establishing the separations between entertainers and patrons required by this subsection.

Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or a similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated 2 or more times in a period of time that is less than 10 hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel.

Adult-oriented businesses featuring live entertainment shall provide at least one security guard at all times while the business is open. If the occupancy limit of the premises is greater than 35 persons, an additional security guard shall be on duty.

It is a violation of this chapter for a person knowingly or intentionally, in an adult-oriented business, to appear in a semi-nude condition unless the person is an employee who, while semi-nude, is upon a stage at least 18 inches above the level of the floor which is separated by a distance of at least 10 feet from the nearest areas occupied by patrons.

The adult-oriented business shall provide separate dressing room facilities for entertainers which are exclusively dedicated to the entertainers' use.

The adult-oriented business shall provide an entrance/exit for entertainers which is separate from the entrance/exit used by patrons.

The adult-oriented business shall provide and maintain separate rest room facilities for male patrons and employees, and female patrons and employees.

The premises within which the adult-oriented business is located shall provide sufficient sound-absorbing insulation so that noise generated inside said premises shall not be audible anywhere on any adjacent property or public right-of-way or within any other building or other separate unit within the same building.

No person shall perform live entertainment for patrons of an adult-oriented business except upon a stage at least 18 inches above the level of the floor which is separated by a distance of at least 10 feet from the nearest area occupied by patrons.

No person shall perform live entertainment for patrons of an adult-oriented business except upon a stage at least 18 inches above the level of the floor which is separated by a distance of at least 10 feet from the nearest area occupied by patrons.

The adult-oriented business shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access at an illumination of not less than 10-foot candles as measured at the floor level.

No viewing room or booth may be occupied by more than one person at any one time.

The licensee shall cause all wall surfaces and ceiling surfaces in viewing booths to be constructed of, or permanently covered by, nonporous, easily cleanable material. No wood, plywood, composition board or other porous material shall be used within 48 inches of the floor.

The building entrance to an adult-oriented business shall be clearly and legibly posted with a notice indicating that persons under 18 years of age are precluded from entering the premises.