(A) General compliance. All licensed premises and adult entertainment establishments shall comply with the provisions of this chapter; all other applicable city articles, resolutions, rules and regulations; and all other applicable federal, state and local laws.
(B) Hours of operation.
(1) No adult entertainment establishment shall be open for business at any time on any state or federal holiday (see § 114.05).
(2) No adult cabaret or adult theater shall be open for business at any time after 2:00 a.m. on any Sunday.
(3) No adult store shall be open for business between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on any Sunday.
(4) No adult entertainment establishment shall be open for business between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, or between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on any Friday or Saturday.
(C) Animals. No animals, except only for seeing-eye dogs required to assist the blind, shall be permitted at any time at or in any adult entertainment establishment or licensed premises.
(D) Restrooms. All restrooms in adult entertainment establishments shall be equipped with standard toilets, sinks and other traditional lavatory facilities. No adult materials or live performances shall be provided or allowed at any time in the restrooms of an adult entertainment establishment. Separate male and female restrooms shall be provided for and used by adult establishment employees and adult establishment patrons.
(E) Restricted access. No adult establishment patron shall be permitted at any time to enter into any of the nonpublic portions of any adult entertainment establishment, including specifically but without limitation any storage areas or dressing or other rooms provided for the benefit of adult establishment employees. This division shall not apply to persons delivering goods and materials, food and beverages, or performing maintenance or repairs to the licensed premises; provided, however, that the persons shall remain in the nonpublic areas only for the purposes and to the extent and time necessary to perform their job duties.
(F) Specific prohibited acts.
(1) No adult establishment patron or any other person at any adult entertainment establishment, other than an adult establishment employee employed to provide adult entertainment in accordance with the regulations in this chapter, shall appear, be present or perform while nude or semi-nude; provided, however, that no employee shall appear, be present or perform while nude at any adult entertainment establishment that serves or otherwise provides alcoholic liquor pursuant to a license issued under Chapter 113 (Alcoholic Liquor) of this code (a “liquor license”).
(2) No adult establishment employee or any other person at any adult entertainment establishment shall perform or conduct any specified sexual activity with or for any adult establishment patron or any other adult establishment employee or any other person. No adult establishment patron or any other person at any adult entertainment establishment shall perform or conduct any specified sexual activity with or for any adult establishment employee or any other adult establishment patron or any other person.
(3) Straddle dances shall be prohibited at all adult entertainment establishments.
(G) Exterior display. No adult entertainment establishment shall be maintained or operated in any manner that causes, creates or allows public viewing of any adult material or any entertainment depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, from any sidewalk, public or private right-of-way, or any property other than the lot on which the licensed premises is located. No portion of the exterior of an adult entertainment establishment shall utilize or contain any flashing lights, search lights or spotlights, or any other similar lighting systems, or any words, lettering, photographs, silhouettes, drawings or pictorial representations of any manner except to the extent specifically allowed pursuant to division (H) of this section with regard to signs. This division (G) shall apply to any advertisement, display, promotional material, decoration or sign; to any performance or show; and to any window, door or other opening.
(H) Signage limitations. All signs for adult entertainment establishments shall be flat wall signs. The maximum allowable sign area shall be one square foot of sign area per foot of lot frontage on a street, but in no event exceeding 32 square feet. The maximum number of signs shall be one per lot frontage. Signs otherwise permitted pursuant to this chapter shall contain only the name of the adult entertainment establishment and/or the specific type of adult entertainment establishment conducted on the licensed premises. Temporary signage shall not be permitted in connection with any adult entertainment establishment.
(I) Noise. No loudspeakers or sound equipment audible beyond the licensed premises shall be used at any time.
(J) Gambling and related devices prohibited. No adult entertainment establishment shall contain any video, pinball, slot, bagatelle, pigeonhole, pool or any other games, machines, tables or implements.
(K) Manager’s station. Each adult entertainment establishment shall have one or more manager’s stations. The interior of each adult entertainment establishment shall be configured in such a manner that there is a direct and substantially unobstructed view from at least one manager’s station to every part of each area, except restrooms, of the establishment to which any adult establishment patron is permitted access for any purpose.
(L) Alcohol prohibition. No adult entertainment establishment that serves or otherwise provides alcoholic liquor pursuant to a liquor license shall provide or allow adult establishment employees that appear, are present or perform while nude; provided, however, that in accordance with § 113.078, as amended, the provisions of this division (L) shall not take effect for adult entertainment establishments with a liquor license as of the effective date, until the renewal of the liquor license.
(1990 Code, § 14-211) (Ord. 98-1860, passed 10-30-1998; Ord. 99-1877, passed 1-19-1999)