Article 24.1 — ADULT BUSINESS REGULATIONS

• (A) For the purposes of this Chapter, "Adult Oriented Business" shall mean any of the following:

  • (1) Adult arcades.

  • (2) Adult bookstores.

  • (3) Adult cabarets.

  • (4) Adult live entertainment theaters.

  • (5) Adult merchandise stores.

  • (6) Adult modeling studios.

  • (7) Adult motion picture theaters.

  • (9) Miscellaneous adult oriented business.

(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 (CS), 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 121.101.1 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.

pment. 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) Adult Cabaret. Additional Required Conditions.

  • (1) No private or individual rooms for patrons shall be allowed.

  • (2) Meet all applicable City, State, or Federal requirements that regulate restaurants or similar establishments that serve food to the public for any fee or gratuity.

  • (3) Meet all applicable adult live entertainment requirements as set forth in subsection (E) of this Section.

• (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.

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.

• (G) Adult Modeling Studio—Required Conditions. Adult Model studios shall comply with all of the conditions for modeling studios set forth in Sections 8-71 through 8-71.8 of the Inglewood Municipal Code.

• (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)