(a) An applicant, licensee, operator, or employee shall permit representatives of the police department, the fire department, the department of code compliance, and the building official to inspect the premises of a sexually oriented business, for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the law, at any time it is occupied or open for business and at other reasonable times upon request.
(b) A person who operates a sexually oriented business or the person’s agent or employee commits an offense if he refuses to permit a lawful inspection of the premises by a representative of the police department, the fire department, the department of code compliance, or the building official at any time the sexually oriented business is occupied or open for business and at other reasonable times upon request.
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to areas of an adult motel that are currently being rented by a customer for use as a permanent or temporary habitation. (Ord. Nos. 19196; 19377; 22026; 23694; 24440; 24699; 27139; 27697)