§ 62-5081. Generally.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, own, conduct, carry on or permit to be operated, owned, conducted or carried on any adult bookstore as defined by this article, without compliance with the provisions of this article.

(b)

In addition to the general requirements contained in division 1 of this article, an adult bookstore shall observe the following special requirements:

(1)

All materials, devices and novelties shall be so displayed that they cannot be seen by anyone other than customers who have entered the licensed premises.

(2)

If recordings are offered for sale and customers may listen to them while on the licensed premises, and if soundproof booths or rooms are made available for use by customers who desire to listen or read, then each such booth or room shall have:

a.

An open entranceway not less than two feet wide and not less than six feet high, not capable of being closed or partially closed by any curtain, door or other partition which would be capable of wholly or partially obscuring any person situated within the booth.

b.

Except for the entranceway, walls or partitions of solid construction without any holes or openings in such walls or partitions.

c.

Sufficient individual, separate seats, not couches, benches or the like, to accommodate the expected number of persons who will occupy the booths or rooms at one time; however, only one person may occupy such booth or room at any time.

d.

The number of patrons who may occupy the booth or room at one time clearly stated on or near the door to the booth or room, and only that number of persons shall be permitted inside the booth or room at one time.

e.

The door or doors opening into the booth or room incapable of being locked or otherwise fastened so that the door or doors will freely open from either side.

f.

All areas where a patron or customer is to be positioned visible from a continuous main aisle and not obscured by any curtain, door, wall or other enclosure.

(Code 1979, § 14-276)