§ 21.67.040. General standards for adult entertainment facilities.

Adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult novelty stores, adult video stores and similar uses, and adult live entertainment centers shall conform to the following general standards:

A.

All on-site parking areas and premise entries of adult entertainment uses shall be illuminated from dusk until one hour past closing hours of operation with a lighting system which provides an average maintained horizontal illumination of one footcandle of light on the parking strips and/or walkways. An on-premise exterior lighting plan shall be presented to and approved by the department prior to the operation of any such use;

B.

All parking must be visible from the fronting street. Access to the exterior rear of the building shall be denied to any persons other than employees or public officials during the performance of their respective duties and tasks by means of fencing as approved by the department;

C.

In addition to all on-premise sign requirements of Chapter 21.75, the following signing provisions shall be followed:

1.

There shall be no electronic reader boards or changing message center signs.

2.

All adult entertainment facilities shall have facades, exteriors, and exits which must be indistinguishable from surrounding buildings. Illustrations depicting partially or totally nude males and/or females shall not be posted or painted on any exterior wall of the building used for such businesses or on any door or apparatus attached to such building;

D.

All standards of the underlying zone;

E.

Reasonable conditions necessary to properly mitigate bona fide secondary impacts identified during the site plan or special use permit review process;

F.

All adult entertainment facilities shall be required to comply with the requirements of Chapter 21.70 to promote compatibility with surrounding land uses in both commercial and the light industrial zones.

(Ord. 11422 § 1 (part), 1997: Ord. 11274 § 1 (part), 1996)