(A) Each applicant, licensee, or operator of a sexually oriented business shall permit representatives of the City, including but not limited to Building, Inspection, Zoning, Police and Fire personnel, and representatives of State agencies and entities to inspect the premises of and the activities upon a sexually oriented business for the purpose of insuring compliance with the law, at any time it is occupied or open for business or any period that any employee or the licensee is on or within the premises. If an application for new license is pending and if the sexually oriented business is not open for business inspection shall occur between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(B) Inspection of the premises under the authority of this subsection shall be limited to visual assessment of the premises and of the activities conducted in areas to which a patron is permitted access or a patron is allowed access or is present or areas which are visible to a patron or to requests for inspection of any license as required under this Chapter 117 and to requests related to the identification of individuals who reasonably appear to be in violation of any provision of this Chapter 117. If an application for a new license is pending the inspection shall be for the purpose of determining whether the premises meet the applicable licensing requirements of § 117.10(A)(4) and (A)(6).
(C) No person who operates a sexually oriented business nor any agent or employee of same nor any patron shall refuse to permit such lawful inspection as set forth within paragraph (A) above, nor provide false information during the course of an inspection.
(D) Nothing herein shall require any person entitled to make an inspection under paragraph (A) above to request the permission of a licensee or of an employee prior to an inspection of any area to which a patron is permitted or allowed access or is present or which is visible to a patron when a sexually oriented business is occupied or open for business as provided within paragraph (A) above. In addition, nothing herein shall prohibit inspection of the premises at other times or in another manner if otherwise permitted by law.
(Prior Code, Art. 11, § 11.15.13)