Conditions applicable to certain businesses carrying adult media.
(a) Applicability: This section shall apply to any book store, media store, or video store, in which adult media constitutes more than ten percent (10%) but not more than forty percent (40%) of the stock in trade, or where adult media occupies more than ten percent (10%) but not more than forty percent (40%) of the gross public floor area.
(b) Prohibition of Public Display: The owner or operator of a store to which this section is applicable shall have the affirmative duty to prevent the public display of adult media at or within the portion of the business open to the general public.
(c) Display of Adult Media: Adult media in a store shall be kept in a separate room or section of the store, which room or section shall:
(1) Not be open to any person under the age of eighteen (18);
(2) Be physically and visually separated from the rest of the store by an opaque wall of durable material, reaching at least eight (8) feet high or to the ceiling, whichever is less;
(3) Be located so that the entrance to it is as far as reasonably practicable from media or other inventory in the store likely to be of particular interest to children; and
(4) Have access controlled by electronic or other means to provide assurance that persons under age eighteen (18) will not gain admission and that the general public will not accidentally enter such room or section.
(Ord. 25-01. Passed 7-2-2001.)