Extracted standards
25 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Alcoholic beverages prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Adult-oriented businesses are prohibited from serving or offering alcoholic beverages.
- Display of license
Every adult-oriented business granted a permit shall display the permit in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance of the adult-oriented business at all times during business hours.
- Adult employee identification cards
The chief of police shall provide to the person granted an adult employee permit or temporary adult employee permit an identification card containing the name, photograph and permit number of the adult employee.
- Maximum imprisonment for violation6 months
or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months
- Inspection of premises
To the extent authorized by law, an applicant or licensee shall permit representatives from city departments or government agencies to inspect the premises of an adult-oriented business for the purpose of insuring compliance with this Code and the development and operational standards applicable to adult-oriented businesses, at any time it is open for business.
- License not transferable
Adult-oriented business licenses and adult employee permits are not transferable.
- Hours for live adult entertainment
An adult-oriented business may not provide 'live adult entertainment' between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
- Distance for manager control of patrons50 feet
The manager on duty shall make reasonable efforts to control the conduct of patrons so as to prevent or minimize disorderly or unlawful conduct within the establishment and within 50 feet of the establishment.
- Manager on premises and age18 years
There shall be present on the premises of an adult-oriented business at all times while the business is open, a manager who is at least 18 years of age, who shall be in charge of all of the activities on the premises and who shall be responsible to ensure compliance with all requirements set forth in this chapter. No performer may serve as the manager.
- Maximum area of manager station32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Manager stations shall not exceed 32 square feet in area.
- Minimum age for employees and patrons18 years
It shall be unlawful for the licensee or manager of an adult-oriented business to employ, or permit to perform services or entertainment on the premises, any person who is under the age of 18 years. It shall further be unlawful for anyone under the age of 18 to enter, or remain within, the adult-oriented business.
- Penalty for violation1,000 dollars
Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable as a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
- No images viewable from outside
No images of partial nudity or nudity may be viewable from outside the premises of the adult-oriented business.
- Prohibition on physical contact between patrons and employees
No employee shall make physical contact with the person or the clothing of any patron and no patron shall make physical contact with the person or the clothing of any employee except for purposes of collecting money by hand-to-hand transfer, rendering emergency medical aid or handing something to the other in the ordinary course of business.
- Notice that minors are precluded
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.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of fixed rail at stage perimeter30 inches
Fixed rail(s) at least 30 inches in height shall be maintained at the ten-foot perimeter point to establish the separation between adult employees and patrons as required by this subsection.
- Register of employees and managers
The manager of an adult-oriented business shall maintain a register on the premises of all employees and managers of the business and their permit numbers.
- Security guards required
Adult-oriented businesses shall employ a reasonable number of security guards in order to maintain public peace and safety and to ensure compliance with the regulations relating to adult-oriented businesses.
- Separate dressing rooms for employees
The adult-oriented business shall provide separate dressing rooms for adult employees which are exclusively dedicated to the adult employees' use, and to which no patron shall be admitted.
- Separate employee entrance/exit
The adult-oriented business shall provide an entrance/exit from the adult-oriented business premises for an employee that is separate from the entrance/exit used by patrons.
- Separate restroom facilities
The adult-oriented business shall provide and maintain separate restroom facilities for male patrons and female patrons and male employees and female employees.
- Distance from stage to patrons10 feet
and which is separated by a distance of at least ten feet from the nearest area occupied by patrons; and no patron shall be permitted within ten feet of the stage while the stage is occupied by an adult employee.
- Stage heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for live adult entertainment18 inches
No person shall perform 'live adult entertainment' for patrons of an adult-oriented business except upon a stage which is at least 18 inches above the level of the floor
- Minimum occupancy for viewing area requirements5 patrons
If a viewing area in an 'adult theater' provides for occupancy of five or more patrons, the viewing area must conform to the following requirements: a. Have individual, separate seats, not couches, benches, or the like, to accommodate the maximum number of persons who may occupy the hall or auditorium areas; and b. Have a continuous main aisle alongside the seating areas in order that each person seated in the hall or auditorium areas shall be visible from the aisle at all times.
Signage
- Minimum letter heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for separation signs1 inches
Patrons shall be advised of the separation and no touching requirements by signs conspicuously displayed and placed on the barrier between patrons and performers and utilizing red or black printing of letters not less than one inch in size.
From the ordinance
The following development and operational standards shall apply to all adult-oriented businesses, including those providing 'live adult entertainment' and shall be in addition to those found in the zoning code.