(A) No operator or employee of an adult-oriented establishment shall allow or permit any minor to loiter in any part of the establishment, including parking lots immediately adjacent to the establishment used by patrons of the adult-oriented establishment.
(B) Every adult-oriented establishment doing business in the city on and after the effective date of this chapter shall be well lighted at all times and shall 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. It shall be unlawful to install enclosed booths, cubicles, rooms or stalls within adult-oriented establishments for whatever purpose, but especially for the purpose of providing for the secluded viewing of adult-oriented motion pictures or other types of adult-oriented entertainment.
(C) Upon the passage 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-oriented motion pictures or other types of live 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 foot-candle as measured at the floor level. It shall be the duty of the operator and its agents to ensure that the illumination described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present in the premises.
(D) 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 if the operator, as a result of the operator's negligent failure to supervise the employee's conduct, and the operator shall be punishable for the act or omission in the same manner as if the operator committed the act or caused the omission.
(E) 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 omission of the operator for purposes of determining whether the operator shall be subject to the penalties imposed by this chapter.
(F) All adult-oriented establishments shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by the Waterbury Police Department, inspectors employed by the city or such other persons as the Board of Aldermen may designate.
(G) No adult-oriented establishment shall be permitted on a site that is less than 500 feet from an area zoned residential.
(H) No adult-oriented establishment shall be permitted on a site that is less than 1,000 feet from an elementary or secondary school.
(Ord. passed 10-23-1995) Penalty, see § 119.99