(A) No operator or employee of an adult-oriented establishment shall allow or permit any minor to enter into such establishment or to loiter upon the grounds and parking lot of such establishment.
(B) Each adult-oriented establishment shall display prominently a sign in the dimensions of 24 inches by 24 inches outside of, and adjacent to, each entrance bearing the words “Adult-Oriented Establishment - Persons Under 18 Not Admitted” in white letters against a red background.
(C) No adult-oriented establishment shall be conducted in such a manner that permits the observation of any material depicting specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas from outside of the building that houses the adult-oriented establishment.
(D) Every adult-oriented establishment doing business in the town on and after the effective date of this chapter shall be well lighted at all times and be physically arranged in such a manner that the entire interior portion of the booths, cubicles, rooms or stalls, wherein adult entertainment is provided, shall be clearly visible from the common areas of the premises. Visibility into such booths, cubicles, rooms or stalls shall not be blocked or obscured by doors, curtains, partitions, drapes or any other obstruction whatsoever. After the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful to install closed booths, cubicles, rooms or stalls within adult-oriented establishments for the purpose of viewing adult entertainment.
(E) On and after the effective date of this chapter, the operator of each adult-oriented establishment shall be responsible for and shall provide that any room or other area used for the purpose of viewing adult entertainment shall be well lighted and readily accessible at all times and shall be continuously open to view in its entirety. 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 one footcandle as measured at the floor level. It shall be the duty of the operator and its agents to endure that the illumination described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present on the premises.
(F) Every act or omission by an employee constituting a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed the act or omission of the operator or as a result of the operator’s negligent failure to supervise the employee’s conduct, and the operator shall be punishable for such act or omission in the same manner as if the operator committed the act or caused the omission.
(G) An operator shall be responsible for the conduct of all employees while on the licensed premises, and any act or omission of any employee constituting a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed the act or emission of the operator for purposes of determining whether the operator shall be subject to penalties imposed by this chapter.
(H) All adult-oriented establishments shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by inspectors or such other persons as the town meeting may designate.
(I) No adult-oriented establishment shall be permitted that is less than 500 feet from an area zoned residential.
(J) No adult-oriented establishment shall be permitted that is less than 3,000 feet from an existing adult-oriented establishment.
(K) No adult-oriented establishment shall be permitted that is less than 2,000 feet from a public park, preexisting school, including a licensed daycare (whether public or private) or place of worship meaning to include parish houses and convents.
(L) The provisions of divisions (I), (J) and (K) above shall not be deemed to prohibit any use preexisting the enactment of this chapter. Any preexisting use which shall be discontinued for a period of 30 days shall thereafter conform to divisions (I), (J) and (K) above.
(Ord. passed 2-29-1996)