(A) A person who operates, or causes to be operated, a sexually-oriented business, other than an adult motel, which exhibits on the premises, through any mechanical or electronic image-producing device, a film, videocassette, or other visual reproduction characterized by an emphasis on the display of specified sexual activities, or specified anatomical areas, shall comply with the following requirements.
(1) Each application for a sexually-oriented business license shall contain a diagram of the premises showing the location of all operator’s stations, viewing rooms, overhead lighting fixtures, video cameras, and monitors installed for monitoring purposes, and restrooms, and shall designate all portions of the premises in which patrons will not be permitted. Restrooms shall not contain video reproduction equipment. The diagram shall also designate the place at which the permit will be conspicuously posted, if granted. A professionally-prepared diagram in the nature of an engineer’s or architect’s blueprint shall not be required; however, each diagram shall be oriented to the north, or to some designated street or object, and shall be drawn to a designated scale, or with marked dimensions sufficient to show the various internal dimensions of all areas of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six inches. The Administrator may waive the foregoing diagram for renewal applications if the applicant adopts a diagram that was previously submitted, and certifies that the configuration of the premises has not been altered since it was prepared.
(2) It shall be the duty of the operator, and of any employees present on the premises, to ensure 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 in the application filed pursuant to division (A)(1) above.
(3) The interior premises shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access at an illumination of not less than five footcandles, as measured at the floor level. It shall be the duty of the operator, and of any employees present on the premises, to ensure that the illumination described above is maintained at all times that the premises is occupied by patrons, or open for business.
(4) It shall be the duty of the operator, and of any employees present on the premises, to ensure that no specified sexual activity occurs in, or on, the licensed premises.
(5) It shall be the duty of the operator to post conspicuous signs in well-lighted entry areas of the business, stating all of the following:
(a) The occupancy of viewing rooms is limited to one person;
(b) Sexual activity on the premises is prohibited;
(c) The making of openings between viewing rooms is prohibited;
(d) Violators will be required to leave the premises; and
(e) Violations of divisions (A)(5)(a) through (A)(5)(c) above are unlawful.
(6) It shall be the duty of the operator to enforce the regulations articulated in divisions (A)(5)(a) though (A)(5)(d) above.
(7) The interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view from a operator’s station of every area of the premises, including the interior of each viewing room, but excluding restrooms, to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose. An operator’s station shall not exceed 32 square feet of floor area. If the premises has two or more operator’s stations designated, then the interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view of each area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose from at least one of the operator’s stations. The view required in this division (A)(7) must be by direct line of sight from the operator’s station. It is the duty of the operator to ensure that at least one employee is on duty and situated in each operator’s station at all times that any patron is on the premises. It shall be the duty of the operator, and it shall also be the duty of any employees present on the premises, to ensure that the view area specified in this division (A)(7) remains unobstructed by any doors, curtains, walls, merchandise, display racks, or other materials, or enclosures, at all times that any patron is present on the premises.
(B) It shall be unlawful for a person having a duty under this section to knowingly fail to fulfill that duty.
(Ord. 2006-02, passed 6-19-2006) Penalty, see § 10.99