22.150.050

Extracted standards

18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

From the ordinance

No adult business shall be located in any temporary or portable structure. Trash dumpsters shall be enclosed by a screened enclosure and shall not be accessible to the public. No exterior door or window on the premises shall be propped or kept open at any time during business hours, and any exterior windows shall be covered with opaque covering at all times. Permanent barriers shall be installed and maintained to screen the interior of the premises from public view for each door used as an entrance or exit to the business. No landscaping shall exceed 30 inches in height, except trees with foliage not less than six feet above the ground. The entire exterior grounds, including the parking lot, shall be lighted in such a manner that all areas are clearly visible at all times. Signage shall conform to the standards established for the zone and shall not contain sexually explicit photographs, silhouettes or other sexually explicit pictorial representations. All entrances to an adult business shall be clearly and legibly posted with a notice indicating that minors are prohibited from entering the premises. No nonconforming structure shall be converted for use as an adult business. The adult business shall not conduct or sponsor any activities which create a demand for parking spaces beyond the number of spaces required by this Title 22 for the business. No adult business shall be operated in any manner that permits the observation of any persons or material depicting, describing or related to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, inside the premises, from any public way or from any location outside the building or area of such establishment. This provision shall apply to any merchandise, display, decoration, sign, show window or other opening. All exterior areas of the adult business, including buildings, landscaping, and parking areas shall be maintained in a clean and orderly manner at all times. Any business license required pursuant to Title 7 (Business Licenses) of the County Code shall be kept current at all times. Each adult business shall conform to all applicable laws and regulations. The adult business shall not operate or be open between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. The premises within which the adult business is located shall provide sufficient sound-absorbing insulation so that sound 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 space within the same building. The adult business will not conduct any massage, acupuncture, tattooing, acupressure or escort services, and will not allow such activities on the premises. At least one security guard shall be on duty patrolling the premises at all times while the business is open. If the occupancy limit of the premises is greater than 50 persons, an additional security guard shall be on duty. The security guard(s) shall be charged with preventing violations of law, with enforcing compliance by patrons with the requirements of this Chapter and with notifying the Sheriff of any violations of law observed. Security guard(s) required by this Subsection R shall be uniformed in such a manner so as to be readily identifiable as a security guard by the public and shall be duly licensed as a security guard as required by applicable provisions of state or local law. No security guard required pursuant to this Subsection R shall act as a doorperson, ticket seller, ticket taker, or admittance person while acting as a security guard hereunder. The adult business shall not sell or display obscene matter, as that term is defined by Section 311 of the California Penal Code or its successors, and shall not exhibit harmful matter, as that term is defined by Section 313 of the California Penal Code or its successors, to minors.