§ 18-252. General operational requirements for adult entertainment establishments.  


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  • (a)

    Every adult entertainment establishment having a place of business within the city is subject to all of the operational rules of this article and shall:

    (1)

    Conform to all applicable building, fire, health, zoning and land use statutes, codes, ordinances and regulations, whether federal, state or local;

    (2)

    On the first Monday of each month, provide the city manager a list of all persons who are workers at the establishment or who were workers at the establishment during the previous month, which list shall contain the position, legal name, stage name, if any, date of birth and residential address of such workers;

    (3)

    Keep its business tax receipt posted in a conspicuous place at the taxed location available for inspection by the public at all times; and

    (4)

    Install, construct, keep, maintain or allow only those signs at the taxed location which comply with applicable city sign ordinances. No sign shall contain any flashing lights, photographs, silhouettes, drawings or pictorial representations of any manner (except for the logo of the establishment, provided the logo shall not contain any specified anatomical areas or any male or female forms at or below the clavicle).

    (b)

    In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, every adult entertainment establishment having a place of business within the city shall comply with the following site requirements:

    (1)

    Each window and other opening through which a person outside the establishment may otherwise see inside the establishment shall be covered opaquely;

    (2)

    No signs shall contain in the name or logo of the establishment or otherwise, the words "nude," "nudity," naked," "topless," "go-go," "dancer" or other words or material depicting or describing specified anatomical areas or sexual activities; and

    (3)

    The exterior walls and surfaces of the establishment, excluding signs, shall be of a single achromatic or light pastel color. All awnings, canopies, window shutters, window treatments, and other trim shall be of the same color or a single different shade of the same achromatic or light pastel color. The trim color shall not exceed 20 percent of the entire exterior surface of the building. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the painting of an otherwise unpainted exterior portion of an establishment such as brick or stone.

(Ord. No. 1997-25, § 22, 6-3-97; Ord. No. 2007-13, § 39, 3-20-07)