California City Municipal Code Div. 4 Regulations

(a) A person who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business, other than a sexually oriented motel/hotel and regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued to the business under this Article, which exhibits on the premises in a viewing room of less than one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space, a film, video cassette or other video reproduction which depicts specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) Upon application for a sexually oriented business permit, the application shall be accompanied by a diagram of the premises showing a plan thereof specifying the location of one or more manager's stations, the location of all overhead lighting fixtures and designating any portion of the premises in which patrons will not be permitted. A manager's station may not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet of floor area with no dimension greater than eight (8) feet. The diagram shall also designate the place at which this permit will be conspicuously posted, if granted. A professionally prepared diagram in the nature of an engineer's or architect's blueprint shall not be required; however, each diagram should be oriented to the north or to some designated street or object and should be drawn to a designated scale with marked dimensions sufficient to show the various internal dimension of all areas of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six (6) inches. The City Manager or designee, 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.

(2) The application shall be sworn to be true and correct by the applicant.

(b) No alteration in the configuration or location of a manager's station may be made without the prior approval of the City Manager or designee.

(c) The owners and operator of the premises shall ensure at least one employee is on duty and situated at each manger's station at all times any patron is present inside the premises.

(d) The interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner so 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 have two or more manager's stations designated, the interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner there is an unobstructed view of each area of the premises to which any patron is permitted access from at least one of the manager's stations. The view required in this subsection must be by direct line of sight from the manager's station.

(e) The owners and operator, and any agents and employees present on the premises shall ensure the view area specified herein remains unobstructed by any doors, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials or person at all times and to ensure 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 in the application filed pursuant to this Section.

(f) No viewing room may be occupied by more than one person at any time.

(g) The premises shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted access and an illumination of not less than two (2.0) foot candles as measured at the floor level.

(h) The owners and operator and any agents and employees present on the premises shall ensure the illumination described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present on the premises.

A person commits a misdemeanor who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business, regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for the business under this Article, and knowingly or with reasonable cause to know, permit, suffer, or allows:

(1) Admittance of a person under eighteen (18) years of age to the business premises unless accompanied by a parent or guardian;

(2) A person under eighteen (18) years of age to remain at the business premises unless accompanied by a parent or guardian;

(3) A person under eighteen (18) years of age to purchase goods or services at the business premises without the specific consent of a parent or guardian; or

(4) A person who is under eighteen (18) years of age to work at the business premises as an employee.

(a) It shall be unlawful and a person commits a misdemeanor who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business, regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for the business under this Article, and advertises the presentation of any activity prohibited by any applicable State statute or local ordinance.

(b) It shall be unlawful and a person commits a misdemeanor who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business, regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for the business under this Article, and displays or otherwise exhibits the materials and/or performances at such sexually oriented business in any advertising which is visible outside the premises. This prohibition shall not extend to advertising of the existence or location of such sexually oriented business.

(c) The permittee shall not allow any portion of the interior premises of a sexually oriented business to be visible from outside the premises.

(d) All off-street parking areas and premises' entries of the sexually 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 (1) foot candle of light on the parking surface and/or walkways. This required lighting level is established to provide sufficient illumination of the parking areas and walkways serving the sexually oriented business for the personal safety of patrons and employees and to reduce the incidence of vandalism and criminal conduct. The lighting shall be shown on the required sketch or diagram of the premises.

(a) It shall be unlawful and a person commits a misdemeanor who operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business, regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for the business under this Article, and allows such business to remain open for business, or to permit any employee to engage in a performance, solicit a performance, make a sale, solicit a sale, provide a service, or solicit a service, between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. of any particular day.

(b) It shall be unlawful and a person commits a misdemeanor if, working as an employee of a sexually oriented business, regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for the business under this Article, said employee engages in a performance, solicits a performance, makes a sale, solicits a sale, provides a service, or solicits a service between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.

Public nudity is prohibited within the City, including any sexually oriented business. Any sexually oriented business which is found in violation of this section shall have its permit suspended.