A person who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business, and who exhibits on the premises, in a viewing room of less than 150 square feet of floor space, films or videos characterized by an emphasis on specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, shall comply with the following requirements.
(A) The interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view from a manager's station of every area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose, excluding restrooms.
(1) A manager's station shall not be greater than 32 square feet in area.
(2) Restrooms may not contain video reproduction equipment.
(3) If the premises has two or more manager's stations designated, then the interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view, from at least one of the manager's stations, of each area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose.
(4) The view required in this division must be by direct line of sight from the manager's station.
(B) It shall be the duty of the permittee to ensure that, at all times, the view area specified in division (A) remains unobstructed by any doors, curtains, partitions, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials.
(C) No viewing room or booth may be occupied by more than one person at any time.
(D) The premises shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access, at an illumination of not less than five footcandles, as measured at the floor level.
(E) It shall be the duty of the permittee to ensure that the illumination described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present in the premises.
(F) No permittee shall allow openings of any kind to exist between viewing rooms or booths.
(Ord. G-04-10, passed 3-18-2004)