In addition to the development standards in the underlying M-2 zoning district, the following development and operational standards apply to adult entertainment business uses. In the event of conflict between these standards and the underlying zoning district regulations, the provisions of this section shall apply.
(1) Signs. Signs, advertisements, displays, or other promotional materials depicting or describing specific anatomical areas or specific sexual activities or displaying instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with specified sexual activities shall not be shown or exhibited so as to be discernible by the public beyond the walls of the building or portion thereof in which the adult entertainment business is conducted.
(2) Noise. No loudspeakers or sound equipment shall be used by adult entertainment businesses for amplification of sound to a level discernible by the public beyond the walls of the building or portion thereof in which the adult entertainment business is conducted.
(3) Parking lot lighting. All off-street parking areas and premise entries of the adult entertainment business shall be illuminated from dusk to closing hours of operation with a lighting system which provides an average maintained horizontal illumination of one foot-candle of light on parking surfaces and walkways.
(4) Landscaping. No landscaping shall exceed thirty inches in height, except trees with foliage not less than six feet above the ground.
(5) Trash enclosures. All trash receptacles and other refuse or waste storage shall be kept in an enclosed building or within a trash enclosure area. Any such trash enclosure area shall consist, at a minimum, of a three-sided, six-foot-high decorative block or similar wall structure, with the fourth side comprised of a closable, latchable solid gate.
(6) Access. Each adult entertainment business shall have a business entrance separate from any other non-adult business located in the same building. All building openings, entries, and windows for an adult business shall be located, covered or screened in such a manner as to prevent a view into the interior of an adult entertainment business from any area open to the general public.
(7) Posting age restrictions. The building entrance to the adult entertainment business shall be clearly and legibly posted with a notice indicating that minors are precluded from entering the premises.
(8) Manager stations. All indoor areas of the adult entertainment business within which patrons are permitted, except restrooms, shall be open to view by the management at all times.
(9) Individual viewing areas. No individual viewing area may be occupied by more than one person at any one time.
Individual viewing area shall mean a viewing area designed for occupancy by one person. Individual viewing areas of the adult business shall be operated and maintained without any hole or other opening or means of direct communication or visual or physical access between the interior space of two or more individual viewing areas.
(10) No closed areas. No adult use or adult entertainment business shall maintain closed areas, booths, cubicles rooms or other areas within its place of business that are used, designed or furnished for private sexual activity.
(11) Nudity by customers prohibited. No nudity or sexual activities by customers shall be allowed on the premises.
(12) Inspection. All portions of the premises shall be available by access and visual inspection at all times by any city inspector standing at the front door.
(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).