(A) No commercial building, structure, premises or part thereof, or facilities therein used by a sexually oriented business classified as an adult use-principal shall be so constructed, used, designed or operated for the purpose of engaging in, or permitting persons to engage in sexual activities as defined in § 155.14.
(B) No person shall own, operate, manage, rent, lease or exercise control of any commercial building, structure, premises or portion or part thereof, which contains:
(1) Partitions between subdivisions of a room, portion or part of a building, structure or premises having an aperture which is designed or constructed to facilitate sexual activity between persons on either side of the partition; or
(2) Booths, stalls or partitioned portions of a room, or individual rooms, used for adult uses, having doors, curtains or portal partitions, unless the booths, stalls, partitioned portions of a room, or individual rooms so used shall have at least one side open to an adjacent public room so that the area inside is visible to persons in the adjacent public room. Those areas shall be lighted in a manner that the persons in the area used for adult uses are visible from the adjacent public rooms, but the lighting shall not be of such intensity as to prevent the viewing of motion pictures or other offered adult uses.
(C) All viewing areas or booths in movie arcades shall be accessible from a continuous main aisle.
(D) All viewing areas or booths shall be located together along a continuous, main aisle, to eliminate the possibility of secluded booths elsewhere on the premises.
(E) No more than one person shall be permitted to enter or remain in a viewing area or booth at any time.
(F) The viewing areas or booths shall be maintained at all times in a clean and sanitary manner.
(G) All entrances to the business, with the exception of emergency fire exits not usable to enter the business, shall be visible from a public right-of-way. In addition, all windows and doors shall be so blocked or covered to prohibit viewing of the interior of the premises from outside of the premises.
(H) All performances shall be on a raised stage. The stage must be raised from the surrounding floor by at least two feet and no patrons may be on the stage at any time during any performance.
(I) All patrons shall be at least ten feet from the stage.
(J) No dancer shall fondle or caress any patron and no patron shall fondle or caress any dancer.
(K) No patron shall directly pay or give any gratuity to any dancer and no dancer shall solicit any pay or gratuity from any patron.
(2003 Code, § 6.40-10) (Ord. 75, passed 12-12-1997) Penalty, see § 10.99