5514ORDINANCE NO. 5514
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING
SUBSECTION .050 OF SECTION 18.89.030 OF
CHAPTER 18.89 OF TITLE 18'OF THE ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SEX -ORIENTED
BUSINESSES
THE CITY COUNCIL -OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM HEREBY ORDAINS
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That subsection .050 of -Section 18.89.030 of Chapter
18.89 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same
is hereby, amended in its entirety to read as follows:
11.050 Requirements for Sex -Oriented Businesses;
Standards for Approval of Permit.
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to
own, operate or conduct any Sex -Oriented Business, or for
any person to engage or participate in any Specified Sexual
Activities or display or expose any Specified Anatomical
Parts except in compliance with the requirements of this
subsection .050 as hereinafter set forth. In addition, the
License Collector shall approve and issue a Sex -Oriented
Business Permit if the application and evidence submitted
show that such Sex -Oriented Business will be conducted in
compliance with the requirement of this subsection .050 as
hereinafter set forth.
.0501 The Sex -Oriented Business shall be
located in a zone permitting the proposed use, provided
the premises shall be located outside the boundaries of
any redevelopment area established by ordinance of the
City of Anaheim.
.0502 The Sex -Oriented Business shall not be
located within four hundred (400) feet of any
residential zone or residential use, whether such
residential zone or use is within or outside the
corporate boundaries of the City of Anaheim.
.0503 The Sex -Oriented Business shall not be
located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any lot
upon which there is located any religious institution,
public park, any public or private elementary,
secondary, middle, junior high, or high school, whether
such use is within or outside the corporate boundaries
of the City of Anaheim.
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.0504 The Sex -Oriented Business shall not be
located:
.01 south of Crescent Avenue if located
west of Gilbert Street; or south of La Palma
Avenue if located east of Gilbert Street;
.02 east of Jefferson Street; or
.03 within 100 feet of the right of way
line of any freeway or street designated an
arterial highway on the Circulation Element
of the Anaheim General Plan.
.0505 Not more than two (2) Sex -Oriented
Businesses shall be located within any circular area
having a radius of 2500 feet. Further such businesses
shall be located either (i) in contiguous building
units sharing at least one common wall with another
Sex -oriented Business, or (ii) upon contiguous parcels
of property each of which parcels is exclusively
devoted to use as a Sex -Oriented Business, or (iii) at
least one thousand (1,000) feet from any other Sex -
Oriented Business.
.0506 For the purposes of this subsection
.050, all distances shall be measured in a straight
line, without regard to intervening structures or
objects, from the nearest point of the premises where
said Sex -Oriented Business is conducted to the nearest
property line of any lot zoned or used for residential
uses other than a residential lot under resolution of
intent to any non-residential zone, or to the nearest
property line of any lot upon which is located a
religious institution, public park or school, or to the
nearest point of the premises of any other Sex -Oriented
Business. The word "premises", for purposes of this
Section 18.89.030, shall mean the building (if the Sex -
Oriented Business occupies the entire building), or
separate portion of any building, used for a Sex -
Oriented Business.
.0507 The Sex -Oriented Business shall not be
located, in whole or in part, within any portable
structure.
.0508 The Sex -Oriented Business shall not
conduct or sponsor any special events, promotions,
festivals, concerts or similar activities which would
increase the demand for parking spaces beyond the
approved number of spaces for the business.
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.0509 The Sex -Oriented Business shall not
conduct any massage, acupuncture, figure modeling,
tattooing, acupressure or escort services and shall not
allow such activities on the premises.
.0510 Any Sex -Oriented Business which allows
customers to remain on the premises while viewing any
live, filmed or recorded entertainment, or while using
or consuming the products or services supplied on the
premises, shall conform to the following requirements:
.01 At least one security guard shall
be on duty outside the premises, patrolling
the grounds and parking areas, at all times
while the business is open. If the occupancy
limit of the premises is greater than fifty
(50) persons, an additional security guard
shall be on duty inside the premises. The
security guard(s) shall be charged with
preventing violations of law and enforcing
compliance by patrons with the requirements
of this Chapter, and notifying the Anaheim
Police Department and Code Enforcement
Department of any violations of law observed.
Any security guard required by this
subparagraph shall be uniformed in such
manner so as to be readily identifiable as a
security guard by the public and shall be
duly licensed as a security guard as required
by applicable provisions of state and/or
local law. No security guard required
pursuant to this subparagraph shall act as a
doorperson, ticket seller, ticket taker, or
admittance person while acting as a security
guard hereunder.
.02 Landscaping shall conform to the
standards established for the zone, except
that, if the Sex -Oriented Business is the
sole use on a lot, no planting shall exceed
30 inches in height, except trees with
foliage not less than six (6) feet above the
ground.
.03 The entire exterior grounds,
including the parking lot, shall be lighted
in accordance with standards promulgated by
the Planning Director.
.04 The premises within which the Sex -
Oriented Business is located shall provide
sufficient sound -absorbing insulation so that
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noise generated inside said premises shall
not'be audible anywhere on any adjacent
property or public right-of-way or within any
other building or other separate unit within
the same building.
.05 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.
.06 Permanent barriers shall be
installed and maintained to screen the
interior of the premises from public view for
each door used as an entrance/exit to the
business.
.07 Signage shall conform to the
standards applicable to the zone except that
such signs (i) shall be limited to the
business name and the street address, and the
notice required by subsection 18.89.040.010
on the entrance door to the premises, (ii)
shall contain no flashing lights,
photographs, silhouettes, drawings or other
pictorial representations, (iii) shall not be
located within 100 feet of any freeway or any
street designated as an arterial highway on
the Circulation Element of the Anaheim
General Plan, and (iv) shall not be located
or oriented in a manner whereby the sign copy
is visible by any person traveling in a
vehicle upon any freeway or any street
designated as an arterial highway on the
Circulation Element of the Anaheim General
Plan.
.0511 All indoor areas of the Sex -Oriented
Business within which patrons are permitted, except
restrooms, shall be open to view at all times.
.0512 Except as specifically provided in this
Chapter, the Sex -Oriented Business shall comply with
the zoning, parking, development and design standards
applicable to the zone in which the business is
located.
.0513 No Sex -Oriented Material or Sex -Oriented
Merchandise shall be displayed in such manner as to be
visible from any location other than within the
premises occupied by the Sex -Oriented Business.
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.0514 No person under the age of 18 years
shall be permitted within the premises at any time.
.0515 The Sex -Oriented Business shall not
operate or be open between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and
9:00 a.m.
.0516 The Sex -Oriented Business shall provide
and maintain separate restroom facilities for male
patrons and employees and female patrons and employees.
Male patrons and employees shall be prohibited from
using the restroom(s) for females, and female patrons
and employees shall be prohibited from using the
restroom(s) for males, except to carry out duties of
repair, maintenance and cleaning of the restroom
facilities. The restrooms shall be free from all Sex -
Oriented Materials and Sex -Oriented Merchandise.
y Restrooms shall not contain television monitors or
other motion picture or video projection, recording or
reproduction equipment. The foregoing provisions of
this paragraph .0515 shall not be applicable to a Sex -
Oriented Business which deals exclusively with sale or
rental of merchandise which is not used or consumed on
the premises, such as a Sex -Oriented Bookstore, and
which does not provide restroom facilities to its
patrons or the general public.
.0517 Except as otherwise required by law for
Adult Motion Picture Theaters, and except as provided
in (i) subparagraph .08 of paragraph .0519 with regard
to Sex -Oriented Motion Picture Arcades, and (ii)
subparagraph .08 of paragraph .0520 with regard to Sex -
Oriented Businesses providing live entertainment, all
areas of the Sex -Oriented Business accessible to
patrons shall be illuminated at least to the extent of
20 foot-candle, minimumly maintained and evenly
distributed at ground level.
.0518 "Individual Viewing Area" shall mean a
viewing area designed for occupancy by one person.
Individual Viewing Areas of the Sex -Oriented Business
shall be operated and maintained without any hole or
other opening or means of direct communication or
visual or physical access between the interior space of
two or more Individual Viewing Areas.
.0519 The following additional regulations
shall pertain to Sex -Oriented Motion Picture Arcades
which provide more than one Viewing Area:
.01 Upon application for a Sex -Oriented
Business Permit, the -application shall be
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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
feet. The diagram shall also designate the
place at which the Sex -Oriented Business
Permit and City business license will be
conspicuously posted. A professionally
prepared diagram in'the nature of an
engineer's or architect's blueprint shall not
be required; however, each diagram shall be
oriented to the north or to some designated
street or object and shall be drawn to a
designated scale with marked dimensions
sufficient to -show the various internal
dimen$ion of all areas of the interior of the
premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six
(6) inches. The License Collector shall
waive the foregoing diagram for renewal
applications if the Owner adopts a diagram
that was previously submitted and certifies
that the.configuration of the premises has
not been altered since it was prepared.
.02 The application shall be sworn to
be true and correct by the Owner under
penalty of perjury.
.03 No alteration in the configuration
or location of a manager's station(s) may be
made without the prior approval of the
License Collector.
.04 It is the duty of the Owner(s) to
insure that at least one (1) employee is on
duty and situated at each manager's station
at all times that any patron is present
inside the premises.
.05 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. If the premises has two
or more manager's stations designated, then
the interior of the premises shall be
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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, excluding restrooms,
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.
.06 It shall be the duty of the
Owner(s) and it shall also be the duty of all
employees present on the premises to insure
that the view area specified in subsection
.05 remains unobstructed by any doors, walls,
persons, merchandise, display racks or other
materials at all times and to insure that 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 subparagraph
.01 of this paragraph .0518.
.07 No Individual Viewing Area may be
occupied by more than one person at any one
time.
.08 The premises shall be equipped with
overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient
intensity to illuminate every place to which
patrons are permitted access with an
illumination of not less than ten (10.0) foot
candle as measured at the floor level.
.09 It shall be the duty of the
Owner(s) and it shall also be the duty of all
employees present on the premises to insure
that the illumination described above is
maintained at all times that any patron is
present -on the premises.
.0520 The following additional requirements
shall pertain to Sex -Oriented Businesses providing live
entertainment depicting Specified Anatomical Parts or
involving Specified Sexual Activities:
.01 No person shall perform, and no
owner, operator, or manager of a Sex -Oriented
Business shall permit, live entertainment
depicting Specified Anatomical Parts or
involving Specified Sexual Activities for
patrons of a Sex -Oriented Business except
upon a stage at least eighteen (18) inches
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above the level of the floor which is
separated by a distance of at least six (6)
feet from the nearest area occupied by
patrons, and no patron shall be permitted
within six (6) feet of the stage while the
stage is occupied by an entertainer.
.02 The Sex -Oriented Business shall
provide separate dressing room facilities for
entertainers which are exclusively dedicated
to the entertainers' use.
.03 The Sex -Oriented Business shall
provide an entrance/exit to the premises for
entertainers which is separate from the
entrance/exit used by patrons.
.04 The Sex -Oriented Business shall
provide access for entertainers between the
stage and the dressing rooms which is
completely separated from the patrons. If
such separate access is not physically
feasible, the Sex -Oriented Business shall
provide a minimum three-foot wide walk aisle
for.entertainers between the dressing room
area 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.
.05 No entertainer shall have physical
contact with any patron, and no patron shall
have physical contact with any entertainer,
while on the premises which physical contact
involves the touching of the clothed or
unclothed genitals, pubic area, natal cleft,
perineum, anal region, buttocks or female
breast with any part or area of such other
person's body.
.06 No waiter, waitress, entertainer or
other person employed on the premises shall
violate the provisions of Section 7.16.060 of
the.Anaheim Municipal Code while on the
premises.
.07 Fixed rail(s) at least thirty (30)
inches in height shall be maintained
establishing the separations between
entertainers and patrons required by this
paragraph .0520.
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.08 The premises shall be equipped with
overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient
intensity to illuminate every place to which
patrons.are permitted access with an
illumination_ of not less than twenty (20.0)
foot candle as measured at the floor level.
.0521 The foregoing applicable requirements of
this subsection .050 shall be deemed conditions of
permit approval, and failure to comply with each and
all of such requirements shall be grounds for (i)
revocation of the Sex -Oriented Business Permit issued
pursuant to this Chapter and (ii) criminal prosecution
pursuant to Section 1.01.370 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code regardless of whether such business, person or
entity has been .issued a Sex -Oriented Business Permit.
.0522 Submitting false or misleading
information on the application shall constitute grounds
for denial or revocation of the Sex -Oriented Business
Permit.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares
that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this
ordinance of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason
to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have
passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the
elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared
invalid.
SECTION 3. SAVINGS CLAUSE
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal
of any other ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect
the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations
were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be
construed as a waiver of any license or penalty or the penal
provisions applicable to any violation thereof. The provisions
of this ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as
ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City relating to
the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and
continuations, and not as new enactments.
SECTION 4. PENALTY
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with
any of the requirements of this ordinance. Any person, firm or
corporation violating any provision of this ordinance or failing
to comply with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of
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a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by
imprisonment not exceeding -six (6) -months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. Each such person, -firm or corporation shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any
portion of which any violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person,
firm or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided
for in this ordinance.
THE FOREGOING
City Council of the City
1995.
ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the
of Anaheim this l2t day o September,
MAYOR OF THE CIT OF ANA M
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
No. 5514 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 22nd
day of August, 1995, and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 12th day of September, 1995, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: Tait, Lopez, Zemel, Feldhaus, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Ordinance No. 5514 on the
12th day of September, 1995.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim
this 12th day of September, 1995.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original
of Ordinance No. 5514 and was published once in the North Orange County News on the 21st day of
September, 1995
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM