Section 5.72.200 Adult business - general design & inspection of premises.

        A.    In addition to the general requirements of disclosure for a sexually oriented business, any applicant for a license as an adult business shall also submit a diagram, drawn to scale, of the premises of the licensee. The design and construction, prior to granting a license shall conform to the following:
    1.    The interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view from a manager's station of every area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose, excluding restrooms.
    2.    Restrooms    may    not    contain    any    video playing or reproduction equipment or any of the business merchandise. Signs shall be posted requiring only one person being allowed in the restroom per stall, and only one person in any stall at a time.
    3.    For businesses which exclude minors from the entire premises, all windows, doors, and other apertures to the premises shall be darkened or otherwise constructed to prevent anyone outside the premises from seeing the inside of the premises. Businesses which exclude minors from less than all of the premises shall be designed and constructed so that a minor may not see into the area from which they are excluded.
    4.    The diagram required shall not necessarily be a professional engineer's or architects blueprint; however, the diagram must show marked internal dimensions, all overhead lighting fixtures, and ratings for illumination capacity.
    B.    It shall be the duty of the licensee and the licensee's employees to insure that the views from the manager's station in subsection 1 of this section remain unobstructed by any doors, walls, merchandise, display racks, or any other material at all times that any patron is present in the premises, and to insure that no patron is permitted access to any area of the premises which has been designated as an area in which patrons will not be permitted.
    C.    The premises shall at all times be equipped and operated with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illumination of not less than one foot candle, measured at floor level. It shall be the duty of the licensee and the licensee's employees present on the premises to insure that the illumination described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present in the premises.
    D.    The City shall regularly inspect the premises of the sexually oriented business in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this ordinance.  An applicant or licensee shall permit representatives of the police department, building inspection department and / or health department to inspect the premises at any time the establishment is open for business.  Such inspection shall be limited to visual assessment of the activities conducted in areas to which patrons have access or are allowed access;  to requests for inspection of the licenses required under this ordinance; and to requests for identification of those individuals who reasonably appear to be under the age of eighteen (18).   A person who operates a sexually oriented business or his agent or employee commits a misdemeanor if he / she refuses to promptly permit such lawful inspection of the premises.  


(Ord. 2003-21, Add, 11/20/2003)