Section 4.75.135 Regulations pertaining to adult cabarets.

1. A person who operates or causes to be operated an adult cabaret shall comply with the following requirements:

a. Each application for an adult oriented license to operate an adult cabaret shall contain a diagram of the premises showing the location of the bar, tables, booths, restrooms, private rooms, employee's station, video cameras and monitors installed for monitoring purposes and any private rooms on the premises. The diagram shall also designate all portions of the premises where patrons will not be permitted. Restrooms shall not contain video reproduction equipment. A professionally prepared diagram in the nature of and engineer's or architect's blueprint shall not be required; however, each diagram shall be oriented to the north or to some designated street or object and shall be drawn to a designated scale or with marked dimensions sufficient to show the various internal dimensions of all areas of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six inches. The city manager may waive the foregoing diagram for renewal applications if the applicant adopts a diagram that was previously submitted and certifies that the configuration of the premises has not been altered since it was prepared.

b. It shall be the duty of the operator, and of any employees present on the premises, to ensure that no patron is permitted access to any area of the premises which has been designated in the application filed pursuant to subsection 4.75.135(a) as an area in which patrons will not be permitted.

c. It shall be unlawful for an operator to permit a patron to be in a private room unless an employee is available at the bar or an employee's station that provides unobstructed view of the private room.

d. It shall be the duty of the operator, and of any employees present on the premises to ensure that no specified sexual activity occurs in or on the licensed premises.

e. It shall be the duty of the operator or the licensee to post conspicuous signs in well-lighted entry areas of the business stating:

(1) That sexual activity on the premises is prohibited.

(2) That violators will be required to leave the premises.

(3) That a violation of subparagraph (1) of this subsection is unlawful.

(4) That violators will be required to leave the premises.

f. It shall be the duty of the operator to enforce the regulations articulated in Section 4.75.135(10)(d).

g. The interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view from bartender's station or any manned employee's station of the premises including the interior of each private room but excluding restrooms to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose. An employee's station shall not exceed thirty-two square feet of floor area. If the premises has two or more employee 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 on of the operator's stations. The view required in this paragraph must be by direct line of sight from the employee's station at all times that any patron is on the premises. It shall be the duty of any employees present on the premises, to ensure that the view area specified in this paragraph remains unobstructed by any doors, curtains, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials or enclosures at all times that any patron is present on the premises.

h. Private rooms shall not contain a door or curtains at the entrance to the room.

g. A "private room" for the purposes of this section is an area on the licensed premises containing at least sixty-four square feet of floor space enclosed by four walls intended to be used for dancing or any other conduct by and between a patron and an employee. The entrance to a private room shall not contain a door or curtains.

2. It shall be unlawful for a person having a duty under this section to knowingly fail to fulfill that duty. (Ord. 2004-1061)