(a) Subject to reasonable accommodations for legitimate security measures, including approved internal surveillance video systems, the operator shall maintain the entire premises so as to permit walk-through inspections without interference by city enforcement personnel.
(b) The interior of the premises shall be arranged in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view into every area of the premises to which any customer is permitted access for any purpose, excluding restrooms. The operator shall ensure that the ability to view into any area where customers are allowed remains unobstructed by any doors, curtains, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials. This regulation shall not apply to adult motels.
(c) If the premises contain two or more separate rooms, the operator shall maintain each room with at least one wall or door equipped with clear windows or openings of at least three feet in width and two feet in height located no less than three feet above the floor but no less than two feet below the ceiling for viewing into the entire area and all activity therein. This regulation shall not apply to adult motels.
(d) The operator shall maintain every portion of the premises where customers are permitted access equipped throughout and illuminated at all times with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient illumination to provide reasonably safe lighting conditions for patrons, employees or city enforcement personnel walking throughout the premises.
(e) During hours of darkness when a sexually oriented business is in operation, the operator shall maintain all parking and pedestrian areas of the premises equipped and illuminated by overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient illumination to provide reasonably safe lighting conditions for persons or vehicles traveling into, on and out of the property. Said lighting fixtures shall be directed onto the property as much as is possible so as to avoid being directed onto neighboring properties.
(f) The operator shall not utilize or allow restroom or employee dressing rooms to be utilized for sexually oriented business purposes, video equipment or for the offering of any sexually oriented merchandise to customers.
(Ord. 16118, § 1, passed 9-14-2004)