§ 3-101. General requirements.

Regardless of whether it is licensed under this chapter, each adult entertainment establishment is subject to all of the following general requirements:

(1)

An establishment shall conform to all applicable building statutes, codes, ordinances, and regulations.

(2)

An establishment shall conform to all applicable fire statutes, codes, ordinances, and regulations.

(3)

An establishment shall conform to all applicable health statutes, codes, ordinances, and regulations.

(4)

An establishment shall conform to all applicable zoning regulations and land use laws.

(5)

An establishment shall keep the adult entertainment license posted in a conspicuous place at the establishment at all times, which license shall be available for inspection upon request at all times by the public.

(6)

An establishment shall opaquely cover each nonopaque area through which a person outside the establishment may otherwise see inside the establishment.

(7)

An establishment shall, on the first Monday of each month, provide the sheriff with a listing of each person who is or has been a worker at the establishment since the first Monday of the previous month, and his or her position, legal name, stage name, date of birth, and residential address.

(8)

An establishment shall not allow any of the exterior walls of the establishment, excluding signs, to be any other color than a single color (either white or a pastel). If the single color chosen is white, the establishment shall not allow any of the awnings, canopies, window shutters, or other trim or window treatment to be any other color other than white or a single pastel color. If the single color chosen is a pastel, it shall not allow any of the awnings, canopies, window shutters or other trim or window treatment to be any color other than white or a different shade of the single pastel color of the walls. The trim color shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the entire exterior surface of the building. However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the painting of an otherwise unpainted exterior portion of an establishment.

(9)

a.
Notwithstanding the Sign Ordinance, or any other regulation to the contrary, an establishment shall not erect, construct, keep or maintain any sign for the establishment other than as provided in this subsection (9). Except as provided in this subsection (9), such signs shall be subject to the Sign Ordinance.

b.

A sign shall not 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), and the sign shall contain only the following:

1.

The name of the establishment; and/or

2.

One (1) or more of the following applicable phrases:

i.

"Adult bookstore";

ii.

"Adult theater";

iii.

"Adult performance establishment";

iv.

"Adult motel";

v.

"Escort service" or "escort agency";

vi.

"Physical contact parlor";

vii.

"Adult entertainment";

viii.

"Movie titles posted within premises."

c.

Each letter forming a word on a sign shall be of a solid color, and each such letter shall be the same print-type, size and color, except any word which is normally capitalized shall be allowed to use a capital letter at the beginning of the word. The background behind such lettering on the display surface shall be of a uniform solid color.

(10)

Each entrance and exit at the establishment shall remain unlocked when any person who is not a worker is inside the establishment.

(Code 1965, § 1A-51; Ord. No. 87-06, § 1, 2-9-87; Ord. No. 87-38, § 1, 11-9-87; Ord. No. 90-05, § 1, 4-9-90; Ord. No. 92-13, § 6, 4-7-92; Ord. No. 96-27, § 2(b), 9-17-96; Ord. No. 96-34, § 25, 10-29-96; Ord. No. 97-20, § 11, 12-2-97)