(A)
For
the purposes of this Chapter, "Adult Oriented Business" shall mean
any of the following:
(Ord. 87-6 5-19-87; Ord. 02-21 6-11-02)
(A)
An Adult Oriented Business as listed in Section 12-94(A) of this Chapter shall operate only on property that has a zone classification which specifically permits adult oriented businesses. These zone classifications are specifically limited to the following: Commercial Service Zone (C-S), Light Manufacturing Zone (M-1), and Heavy Manufacturing Zone (M-2).
(B)
No adult oriented business as listed in Section 12-94(A) of this Chapter or massage-related business shall be located within a five hundred foot radius of any other adult oriented business or massage-related business.
(C)
No adult oriented business as listed in Section 12-19(A) of this Chapter or massage-related business shall be located within a five hundred foot radius of any existing residence, public recreation use, park or civic facility, religious establishment, or "school" as defined in Section 12-1.101.1 of the Inglewood Municipal Code.
(Ord. 87-6 5-19-87; Ord. 02-21 6-11-02)
It shall be unlawful for any adult oriented business to operate
except when in full compliance with all of the applicable conditions
set forth below:
(A)
Conditions
applicable to all adult oriented businesses.
(1)
All adult oriented businesses shall have clearly visible signs at
all entrances specifying "ADULTS ONLY"; "NO MINORS PERMITTED" or equivalent
wording. Said notice shall consist of letters no less than one inch
in height. No person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted
within the premises at any time.
(2)
No adult-oriented business shall be operated in any manner that permits
the observation of any material or activities depicting, describing
or relating to "Specified Sexual Activities" or "Specified Anatomical
Areas" from any public way or from any location outside the building
area of such establishment. This provision shall apply to any display,
decoration, sign, show window or other opening. No exterior door or
window on the premises shall be propped or kept open at any time while
the business is open, and any exterior windows shall be covered with
opaque covering at all times.
(3)
All off-street parking areas and premises entries of the adult-oriented
business shall be illuminated from dusk to closing hours of operation
with a lighting system which provides an average maintained horizontal
illumination of one foot candle of light on the parking surface and/or
walkways.
(4)
All indoor areas of the adult-oriented business within which patrons
are permitted, except rest rooms, shall be open to view by the management
and City inspectors at all times.
(5)
An adult oriented business shall be open for business only between
the hours of eight a.m. and two a.m. any particular day unless otherwise
modified by this Code or as a condition of a Special Use Permit.
(B)
Conditions
applicable to all adult oriented businesses except motion picture
theaters. The interior of any adult business, other than motion picture
theaters, shall be fully and adequately lighted and arranged for easy
observation of all areas of the business by a supervisor.
(C)
Adult
Arcade. Additional Required Conditions.
(1)
The number of film or video viewing machines or booths in any adult
arcade shall not exceed one machine per thirty square feet of floor
area.
(2)
There shall be no doors or closable screens on video or film viewing
booths in any adult arcade. 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. Restrooms
may not contain video reproduction equipment. 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 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.
The view required in this subsection must be direct line of sight
from the manager's station.
(3)
The view area specified in subsection (C)(6) shall remain unobstructed
by any doors, walls, merchandise, display racks, or other materials
at all times. 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.
(4)
No viewing room may be occupied by more than one person at any one
time.
(5)
The walls or partitions between viewing rooms or booths shall be
maintained in good repair at all times, with no holes between two
such rooms such as would allow viewing from one booth into another
or such as to allow physical contact of any kind between occupants
of any two such booths or rooms.
(6)
Customers, patrons or visitors shall not be allowed to stand idly
by in the vicinity of any such video booths, or from remaining in
the common area of such business, other than the restrooms, who are
not actively engaged in shopping for or reviewing the products available
on display for purchaser viewing. Signs prohibiting loitering shall
be posted in prominent places in and near the video booths.
(7)
The floors, seats, walls and other interior portions of all video
booths shall be maintained clean and free from waste and bodily secretions.
Presence of human excrement, urine, semen or saliva in any such booths
shall be evidence of improper maintenance and inadequate sanitary
controls; repeated instances of such conditions may justify suspension
or revocation of the owner and operator's license to conduct the adult
arcade.
(D)
(E)
Adult
Live Entertainment Theater—Additional Required Conditions. Adult
theaters providing live entertainment depicting specified anatomical
areas or involving specified sexual activities shall meet the following
requirements:
(1)
No person shall perform live entertainment for patrons except upon
a stage at least eighteen inches above the level of the floor which
is separated by a distance of at least ten feet from the nearest area
occupied by patrons, and no patron shall be permitted within ten feet
from the nearest area occupied by entertainers. "Entertainer" shall
mean any person who is an employee or independent contractor of the
adult theater, or any person who, with or without any compensation
or other form of consideration, performs live entertainment for patrons
of the adult-oriented business.
(2)
Separate dressing room facilities shall be provided for entertainers
which are exclusively dedicated to be for the entertainer's use only.
(3)
An entrance/exit shall be provided for entertainers which is separate
from the entrance/exit used by patrons.
(4)
Access for entertainers between the stage and the dressing rooms
shall be completely separated from the patrons. If such separate access
is not physically feasible, a minimum three foot wide walk aisle for
entertainers shall be provided between the dressing room and the stage,
with a railing fence or other barrier separating the patrons and the
entertainers capable of (and which actually results in) preventing
any physical contact between patrons and entertainers.
(5)
No entertainer, either before, during or after performances, shall
have physical contact with any patron and no patron shall have physical
contact with any entertainer either before, during or after performances
by such entertainer. This subsection shall only apply to physical
contact on the premises of the adult theater.
(6)
Fixed rail(s) at least thirty inches in height shall be maintained
establishing the separations between entertainers and patrons required
by this subsection.
(7)
No patron shall directly pay or give any gratuity to any entertainer
and no entertainer shall solicit any pay or gratuity from any patron.
(8)
No owner or other person with managerial control over the adult theater
shall permit any person on the premises to engage in a live showing
of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with
less than a fully opaque coverage, and/or the female breast with less
than a fully opaque coverage over any part of the areola.
(9)
At least one security guard shall be provided at all times while
the business is open. If the occupancy limit of the premises is greater
than thirty-five persons, an additional security guard shall be on
duty.
(F)
Adult
Merchandise Store. Additional Required Conditions. The entrance or
entrances into any business that sells adult merchandise shall be
so designed or screened that the contents of the adult business may
not be seen from the public sidewalk or equivalent public areas accessible
to minors.
(Ord. 87-6 5-19-87; Ord. 02-21 6-11-02)
Any lawfully established adult oriented business that has subsequently
become nonconforming due to the provisions of this Article shall also
comply with all applicable provisions of Article 20 of this Chapter
pertaining to the continuation or cessation of a nonconforming use.
(Ord. 87-6 5-19-87; Ord. 02-21 6-11-02)
There shall be no restrictions on the content of any adult book,
magazine, video, film or other merchandise when such is sold or shown
in compliance with all applicable conditions of this Article and with
all applicable laws of the City and of the State of California.
(Ord. 87-6 5-19-87; Ord. 02-21 6-11-02)
