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7.95.070   Operational requirements.
   A.   If a permit is granted, the adult business shall comply with the following operational requirements:
      1.   Viewing Areas. All viewing areas within the adult business shall be visible from a continuous and accessible main aisle in a public portion of the premises and shall not be obscured by any door, curtain, wall, two-way mirror, or other device. A manager (as defined in subsection (A)(2) of this section) shall be stationed in the main aisle at a location from which the inside of all of the viewing areas are visible at all times in order to enforce all rules and regulations. No viewing area shall be designed or operated to permit occupancy of either more than one person or fewer than ten persons. No holes shall be permitted between individual viewing areas or between viewing areas and the stage.
      2.   On-Site Manager and Security. A person at least eighteen years old if no alcoholic beverages are served, and twenty-one years old if alcoholic beverages are sold, shall be on the adult business premises as a manager during all operating hours. The on-site manager shall be registered with the Director and the Chief of Police and shall be responsible for receiving all complaints of violations on the premises. The adult business shall provide either a security system that visually monitors and records all parking lots or one security guard to patrol and monitor the parking lots. In addition, security guards shall be provided for the interior of the premises as follows:
         a.   For adult businesses which sell alcoholic beverages and offer live entertainment: where the capacity of the establishment is one to one hundred fifty persons, two security guards shall be on the premises at all times that live entertainment is being offered simultaneously with the sale of alcohol. For an establishment with capacity greater than one hundred fifty, two security guards plus an additional security guard for each incremental capacity increase of one to seventy-five persons, shall be on the premises at all times that live entertainment is being offered simultaneously with the sale of alcohol.
         b.   For adult businesses which do not sell alcoholic beverages but offer live entertainment, one security guard for each capacity increment of one hundred fifty persons, or portion thereof, shall be on the premises at all times that live entertainment is being offered.
      3.   Hours of Operation. The adult business shall not be open for business between two a.m. and ten a.m. No employee of an adult business shall perform or provide any service between two a.m. and ten a.m. This section shall be preempted if an adult business has a permit from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
      4.   Indoor Lighting Requirements. All areas of the adult business shall be illuminated at a minimum of 1.25 foot-candle, minimally maintained and evenly distributed at ground level.
      5.   Conduct of Entertainers, Employees and Patrons. No nude or semi-nude entertainer shall approach within four feet any patron while on the premises and no patron shall approach within four feet any nude or semi-nude entertainer while on the premises. All employees of adult businesses, other than performing nude or semi-nude entertainers, while on the premises of the adult business shall wear opaque coverings which cover their "specified anatomical areas."
      6.   In the event the proposed use includes dancing or other related forms of entertainment for the viewing of patrons of the establishment, the proposed site shall include:
         a.   A stage area for the entertainers with a minimum size of one hundred square feet;
         b.   A minimum distance of six feet between the stage area and the patrons of the establishment;
         c.   Availability of separate dressing room facilities for entertainers, to which patrons are not permitted entry;
         d.   A private entrance from the entertainer dressing room(s) to the stage area which shall be used for all entrances to and exits from the stage area, and which shall not be accessible to patrons or customers of the establishment.
      7.   Access Provisions. No doors of the adult business (other than bathroom stall doors) may be locked during business hours and the on-site manager shall be responsible for providing that all rooms and areas are open to view and readily accessible at all times for inspection by law enforcement officers.
      8.   Age of Patrons. No person under the age of eighteen shall enter or remain in an adult business that does not serve alcoholic beverages. No person under the age of twenty-one shall enter or remain in an adult business that serves alcoholic beverages. No person under the age of eighteen shall have access to NC-17 or X-rated movies, video tapes, or other adult material. If a business that is not otherwise prohibited from allowing persons under the age of eighteen onto the premises provides access to adult material, such material shall be located in a section of the business where persons under the age of eighteen shall be prohibited from entering. A sign giving notice of this provision shall be prominently displayed at the entrance of the adult business.
      9.   Intoxicated Patrons. No person obviously intoxicated shall enter or remain in an adult business. A sign giving notice of this provision shall be prominently displayed at the entrance of the adult business.
   B.   Failure to comply with any of these requirements, or violations of conditions commensurate with this chapter which are imposed upon the permit, may be considered grounds for initiating revocation of the permit. (Ord. § 5 (part), 1996).