§ 9-5.3808 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES.
   (A)   Adult entertainment businesses shall be allowed with the issuance of a use permit as specified in this section.
   (B)   Adult entertainment businesses shall not be permitted within 1,500 feet of any other adult entertainment business or within 1,500 feet of any public or private school, park, or church. This distance shall be a radial distance measured from property line to property line.
   (C)   Notwithstanding the above standards, an adult entertainment business may be located in a retail shopping center where the store frontage is upon an enclosed mall, or in shopping malls isolated from direct views from public streets, schools, parks or churches.
   (D)   Any adult business shall comply with all other ordinances and codes, parking and signage requirements.
   (E)   No exterior sign for an adult entertainment business shall contain the words “adult books,” “X-rated,” “topless,” “bottomless,” “nude,” “go-go,” or words of similar context. No exterior sign may contain a depiction of any specified anatomical areas.
   (F)   Adult entertainment businesses featuring live performances shall provide a minimum of one uniformed security officer on premises for each 50 patrons in attendance. There shall be at least two uniformed security officers on duty whenever the business is open, irrespective of the number of customers, one such officer in duty inside the premises, and one such officer on duty in the business-parking facility and exterior proximity.
   (G)   The operator of any adult entertainment business shall provide such exterior lighting and parking lot lighting of at least 1.0 to 2.0 foot candles with a uniformity ratio (average illumination divided by the lowest level) not more than 6:1.
   (H)   Notwithstanding whether the operator of an adult entertainment business sells or dispenses alcoholic beverages, all of the regulations promulgated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (except those restricted by § 5-18.01 of this code) at §§ 143.2, 143.3 and 143.4 shall be made conditions of the use permit, as applicable.
   (I)   Parking for adult entertainment businesses shall be provided in front of the business, or in a manner which has primary visibility from a public street.
(Ord. 897-C-S, passed 10-25-94) Penalty, see § 9-5.2904