§ 9.36.040 REGULATION PERTAINING TO EXHIBITION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT FILMS, VIDEOS OR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IN VIEWING ROOMS.
   (A)   A person who owns, operates or causes to be operated an adult-oriented business, other than an adult motel, which exhibits on the premises in a viewing room of less than 150 square feet of floor space, a film, video cassette, live entertainment or other video reproduction which depicts specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, shall comply with the following requirements:
      (1)   A manager's station may not exceed 32 square feet of floor area.
      (2)   No alteration in the configuration or location of a manager's station may be made without the prior approval of the City.
      (3)   It is the duty of the owner, operator, and manager of the premises to ensure that at least one employee is on duty and situated in each manager's station at all times that any patron is present inside the premises.
      (4)   The interior or 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. Restrooms may not contain video viewing equipment. If the premises has two or more designated manager's stations, then the interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view of each area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose from at least one of the manager's stations, except restrooms. The view required in this subsection must be by direct line of sight from the manager's station.
      (5)   It shall be the duty of the owner, operator and manager to ensure that the view area specified in subsection (4) remains unobstructed by any doors, curtains, partitions, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials and, at all times, to ensure that no patron is permitted access to any area of the premises which has been designated as an area in which patrons will not be permitted.
      (6)   No viewing room may be occupied by more than one person at any time.
      (7)   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 foot candles as measured at the floor level.
      (8)   It shall be the duty of the owner, operator and manager to ensure that the illumination described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present in the premises.
      (9)   No openings of any kind shall exist between viewing rooms or booths.
      (10)   No person shall make or attempt to make an opening of any kind between viewing booths or rooms.
      (11)   The owner, operator or manager shall, during each business day, regularly inspect the walls between the viewing booths to determine if any openings or holes exist.
      (12)   The owner, operator and manager shall cause all floor coverings in viewing booths to be nonporous, easily cleanable surfaces, with no rugs or carpeting.
      (13)   The owner, operator and manager shall cause all wall surfaces and ceiling surfaces in viewing booths to be constructed of, or permanently covered by, nonporous, easily cleanable material. No wood, plywood, composition board or other porous material shall be used within 48 inches of the floor.
      (14)   Parking lots shall have lighting providing sufficient intensity to illuminate all on-site parking spaces. The parking lot lighting shall be designed to prevent glare beyond the property boundaries.
   (B)   A person having a duty under Subsection (1) through (13) of Subsection (A) above commits a misdemeanor if he or she knowingly fails to fulfill that duty.
(Ord. No. 2002-3, passed 3-12-02; Am. Ord. 2006-15, passed 9-12-06)