(A) No licensee of a sexually oriented business shall allow any semi-nude employee or the merchandise or activities of the sexually oriented business (except the parking, traffic, and pedestrian access activities of patrons) to be visible from any place outside the structure in which the sexually oriented business is situated. The licensee shall not permit any patron or patrons or other person to stand, congregate, loiter, or to gather in groups upon the exterior premises of the sexually oriented business or allow the vehicular parking and traffic areas and the pedestrian access areas to be used for any purpose except movement of traffic, parking of motor vehicles and access of patrons and other persons to and from the sexually oriented business establishment.
(B) No licensee of a sexually oriented business shall allow the exterior portion of the sexually oriented business to have flashing lights, search lights, spot lights, photographs, silhouettes, drawings or pictorial representations in any manner. No exterior portion of the establishment shall be painted any color other than an achromatic color, although this subparagraph does not require the painting of an otherwise unpainted exterior portion of a sexually oriented business. EXTERIOR PORTION shall mean any part of the physical structure of an establishment, including a wall, veneer, door, fence, roof, roof covering, window, or similar item which is visible from the public right-of-way or from any property adjoining the premises of the sexually oriented business or from any location off of the premises of the sexually oriented business. CHROMATIC means colorless, zero in saturation, or lacking in hue; for purposes of this subsection, the definition of ACHROMATIC shall include, without limitation, white, black, grays, tans, and light earth tones, but any bold, vivid, neon, fluorescent, or extremely bright coloration that attracts attention shall be excluded from the definition of achromatic.
(C) Notwithstanding any other City ordinance, Code, or regulation to the contrary, no operator of a sexually oriented business, no sexually oriented business nor any other person shall erect, construct, or maintain any sign for a sexually oriented business except one freestanding on-premises sign and one wall-flush mount on-premises sign, each of which shall comply with the provisions of this § 117.20 and § 117.21. The display surface of each sign shall:
(1) not contain any flashing lights;
(2) be a flat plane, rectangular or square in shape;
(3) not contain any photographs, silhouette, drawing or pictorial representation in any manner.
(4) each letter forming a word shall be of solid color and each letter shall be of the same print type, size and color; the background behind such lettering on the display surface shall be of a uniform and solid color.
(D) No licensee shall advertise the presentation or occurrence of an act or availability of any service prohibited by this Chapter 117.
(Prior Code, Art. 11, § 11.15.20)