HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1996-1012
ORDINANCE NO. 1012
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE AMENDING THE LAKE ELSINORE
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 17.70 "ADULT BUSINESS" BY
PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR THE REGULATION OF
ADULT BUSINESSES AND LIMITING THEM IN A
DESIGNATED ADULT BUSINESS (AB) OVERLAY DISTRICT;
PROVIDING FOR LICENSING AND REGULATION OF
ADULT BUSINESSES; PROVIDING ADDmONAL HEALTH
AND SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR ADULT BUSINESSES;
AND REPEALING SECTIONS INCONSISTENT THEREWITH
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Lake Elsinore DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore does hereby find, determine
and declare that:
A. It is the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to provide for the reasonable
and uniform regulation of adult-oriented businesses in the City of Lake Elsinore. It is recog-
nized that adult-oriented businesses have a serious deleterious effect upon adjacent areas, as well
as the areas in which they are located. It is therefore the purpose of this Ordinance to establish
criteria and standards for the establishment and conduct of adult-oriented businesses which will
protect the public health, safety, and welfare, preserve locally recognized values of community
appearance, minimize the potential for nuisances related to the operation of adult-oriented
businesses, and maintain local property values.
B. It is recognized that adult-oriented businesses, due to their nature, will
effect significant changes in vehicular traffic, noise, pedestrian safety, air quality, parking,
neighborhood character, and will create a demand on public safety and emergency services; and
will have an adverse impact upon real estate values in the City of Lake Elsinore.
C. It is the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to establish proper regulations
and to provide for a reasonable number of appropriately located sites within designated Adult
Business "AB" overlay Districts for adult-oriented businesses within the City of Lake Elsinore,
based upon the following findings:
(1) The City Council in adopting this Ordinance takes Legislative Notice of
the existence and content of the following studies that substantiate the
adverse, secondary effects of adult-oriented
businesses:
Austin, Texas:
Indianapolis, Indiana:
Los Angeles, California:
Phoenix, Arizona:
St. Paul, Minnesota:
Garden Grove, California
Upland, California
1986
1984
1977
1979
1989
1991
1992
(2) Based on the foregoing studies and the other evidence presented, the City
of Lake Elsinore finds that:
(a) Adult-oriented businesses are linked to increases in the crime rates
of those areas in which they are located and that surround them;
and,
(b) Both the proximity of adult-oriented businesses to sensitive land
uses and the concentration of adult-oriented businesses tend to
result in the blighting and downgrading of the areas in which they
are located.
(3) The studies conducted in various communities in other jurisdictions have
demonstrated that the proximity and concentration of adult-oriented
businesses adjacent to residential, recreational, religious, educational, or
other adult-oriented businesses can cause other businesses and residents to
move elsewhere.
(4) The studies conducted in various communities in other jurisdictions have
demonstrated that adult-oriented businesses are linked to increases in the
crime rates and blighting of those areas in which they are located and that
surround them.
(5) The special regulation of adult-oriented businesses is necessary to ensure
that their adverse secondary effects will not contribute to an increase in
the crime rates or the blighting or downgrading of the areas in which they
are located or surrounding areas. The need for the special regulation is
based on the recognition that adult-oriented businesses have serious
objectionable operational characteristics, particularly when several of them
are concentrated under certain circumstances or located in direct proximity
with sensitive uses such as residential zones and uses, parks, schools,
churches, or day care centers, thereby having a deleterious effect upon the
adjacent areas.
(6) It is the purpose and intent of these special regulations to prevent the
concentration of adult-oriented businesses and thereby to prevent such
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adverse secondary effects. Thus, in order to protect and preserve the
public health, safety, and welfare of the citizenry, especially minors, the
special regulation of the time. place. and manner of the location and
operation of adult-oriented businesses is necessary.
(7) The protection and preservation of the public health, safety and welfare
require that certain distances be maintained between adult-oriented
businesses and residential uses and zones, churches, schools, day care
centers, parks and other adult-oriented businesses. In preparation of this
Ordinance, the City of Lake Elsinore has taken the location of residential,
religious, educational, recreational and other adult-oriented businesses into
consideration and has endeavored to minimize the effect that adult-oriented
businesses have upon those sensitive areas and upon the community in
general.
(8) The need to regulate the proximity of adult-oriented businesses to sensitive
land uses such as residential, religious, educational, recreational and other
adult-oriented businesses is documented in studies conducted by other
jurisdictions as listed elsewhere in this Section.
(9) The report of the State of Minnesota Attorney General's Working Group
on the regulation of sexually oriented businesses dated June 6, 1986, indi-
cates that:
(a) Community impacts of sexually oriented businesses are
primarily a function of two variables, proximity to
residential areas and concentration. Property values are
directly affected within a small radius, typically one block,
of the location of a sexually oriented business.
Concentration may compound depression of property values
and may lead to an increase of crime sufficient to change
the quality of life and perceived desirability of property in
a neighborhood; and,
(b) The impacts of sexually oriented businesses are exacerbated
when they are located near one another. When sexually
oriented businesses have multiple uses (i.e. theater,
bookstore, nude dancing, peep booths), one building can
have the impact of several separate businesses.
(10) In consideration of the findings of the report of the State of Minnesota
Attorney General's Working Group on the regulation of sexually oriented
businesses dated June 6, 1986, it is appropriate to prohibit the con-
centration of multiple adult-oriented businesses in order to mitigate the
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compounded concentrations as described above.
(11) In adopting the regulations set out in this Chapter, it is recognized that
locating adult oriented businesses covered by this Chapter in the vicinity
of facilities frequented by minors will cause the exposure of minors to
adult material which, because of their immaturity, may adversely affect
them. In addition, it is recognized that many persons are offended by the
public display of certain sexual material. Special regulation of these uses
is necessary to ensure that these adverse effects will not contribute to the
blighting or downgrading of the surrounding neighborhood and to an
adverse effect on minors. The City of Lake Elsinore has conducted
studies identifying particular areas of the City frequented by minors, and
has identified areas wherein adult-oriented businesses would have a major
visual impact upon the residents of the City, and has utilized such studies
as the basis for locating areas of the City appropriate for the Adult
Business Overlay Zones established in this Ordinance.
(12) Zoning, licensing and other police power regulations are legitimate
reasonable means of accountability to ensure that the operators of adult-
oriented businesses comply with reasonable regulations and are located in
places which minimize the adverse secondary affects that which naturally
accompany the operation.
(13) The City of Lake Elsinore has a legitimate health concern about sexually
transmitted diseases, including AIDS, which demands reasonable
regulations of adult-oriented businesses in order to protect the health and
well-being of its citizens.
(14) The City Council of Lake Elsinore has considered the decisions of the
United States Supreme Court regarding local regulation of adult-oriented
businesses, including but not limited to: Youn~ v. American Mini-
Theaters. Inc., 427 U.S. 50 (1976) reh. denied 429 U.S. 873; Renton v.
Playtime Theaters, 475 U.S. 41 (1986) reh. denied 475 U.S. 1132;
FW/PBS. Inc. v. Dallas, 493 U.S. 215 (1990); and Barnes v. Glen
Theater. Inc., 111 S.Ct. 2456, 115 L.Ed 2d 504 (June 21, 1991).
(15) The City Council of Lake Elsinore has determined that locational criteria
alone do not adequately protect the health, safety and general welfare of
the people of Lake Elsinore and thus certain requirements with respect to
the ownership and operation of adult-oriented businesses are in the public
interest.
(16) The City Council of Lake Elsinore consistent with sale and consumption
of alcohol and outside advertising limitations further finds that additional
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regulations, including restricted hours of operation will further prevent the
adverse secondary effects of adult-oriented businesses.
(17) The City Council of Lake Elsinore desires to protect the rights conferred
by the United States Constitution. As such, the Council does so in a
manner that ensures the continued and orderly development of property
within the City and diminishes, to the greatest extent feasible, those
undesirable secondary effects which the aforementioned studies have
shown as associated with the development and operation of adult-oriented
businesses.
(18) It is not the intent of the City Council of Lake Elsinore under this
Ordinance nor any provision thereof, to condone nor legitimize the
distribution of obscene material, and the Council recognizes that state law
prohibits the distribution of obscene materials and expects and encourages
law enforcement officials to enforce state obscenity statutes against such
illegal activities in Lake Elsinore.
(19) It is not the intent of this Ordinance to suppress any speech activities
protected by the First Amendment, but to enact a content neutral
ordinance which addresses the adverse secondary effects of adult-oriented
businesses.
SECTION 2. Chapter 17.70 "Adult Business Regulations" of the Lake Elsinore
Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Sections:
17.70.002
17.70.004
17.70.006
17.70.008
17.70.010
17.70.012
17.70.014
17.70.016
17.70.018
17.70.020
17.70.022
"Chapter 17.70"
ADULT BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Purpose and Intent.
Definitions.
Criteria For the Establishment of Adult Business Overlay District
Restriction to Adult Business (AB) Overlay Zoning Districts.
Statements and Records.
Conditional Use Permit Required.
Time Limits For Action On Conditional Use Permit.
Sale/Serving of Alcohol and Intoxicated Persons.
Suspension and Revocation of a Conditional Use Permit.
Adult Business License Required.
Application For Adult Business License.
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17.70.024
17.70.026
17.70.028
17.70.030
17.70.032
17.70.034
17.70.036
17.70.038
17.70.040
17.70.042
17.70.044
17.70.046
Investigation.
Decision by Director of Community Development on Application For
License.
Grant of Application For License.
Denial of Application For License.
Inspection.
Expiration of License.
Revocation of License.
Hearing on Revocation of License.
Regulations Nonexclusive.
Violations/Penalties.
Public Nuisance.
Conflicting Ordinances Repealed.
17.70.002 Puq>ose and Intent. The purpose and intent of this Chapter are to
regulate adult-oriented businesses which, unless closely regulated, tend to have serious secondary
effects on the community, which effects include, but are not limited to, the following:
depreciation of property values and increase in vacancies in residential and commercial areas in
the vicinity of Adult Businesses; interference with residential property owners' enjoyment of
their property when such property is located in the vicinity of Adult Businesses as a result of
increases in crime, litter, noise and vandalism; higher crime rates in the vicinity of Adult
Businesses; and blighting conditions such as low-level maintenance of commercial premises and
parking lots, which thereby have a deleterious effect upon adjacent areas. Special regulation of
these businesses is necessary to prevent these adverse effects and the blighting or degradation
of the neighborhoods in the vicinity of the Adult Businesses.
It is neither the intent nor the effect of this Chapter to impose limitations or
restrictions on the content of any communicative material. Similarly, it is neither the intent nor
the effect of this Chapter to restrict or deny access by adults to communication materials or to
deny access by the distributors or exhibitors of Adult Businesses to their intended market.
Nothing in this Chapter is intended to authorize, legalize or permit the
establishment, operation or maintenance of any business, building or use which violates any City
ordinance or any statute of the State of California regarding public nuisances, unlawful or
indecent exposure, sexual conduct, lewdness or obscene or harmful matter or the exhibition or
public display thereof. r----
17.70.004 Definitions. The following words and phrases shall, for the purposes
of this Chapter, be defined as follows, unless it is clearly apparent from the context that another
meaning is intended.
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A. Adult Arcade. An establishment where, for any form of
consideration, one or more still or motion picture projectors, slide
projectors or similar machines, for viewing by five or fewer
persons each, are used to show films, motion pictures, video
cassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are
characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of
'specified sexual activities' or 'specified anatomical areas;'
B. Adult Bookstore or Adult Video Store. An establishment which
has as a regular and substantial portion of its stock-in-trade
business, or advertising to the sale, rental or viewing for any form
of consideration anyone or more of the following:
Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or
photographs, films, sculptures, motion pictures, video cassettes,
slides or other visual representations ('Adult Material ') which are
characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of
'specified sexual activities' or 'specified anatomical areas.' See
'Adult Business' for definition of the term 'regular and substantial
course. '
C. Adult Business. Any business establishment or concern which as a regular and
substantial course of conduct performs or operates as an Adult Bookstore, or
Adult Video Store, Adult Theater, Adult Motion Picture Theater, Adult Cabaret,
Adult Motel/Hotel, Adult Arcade, or any other business or concern which as a
regular and substantial portion of its business offers to its patrons products,
merchandise, services or entertainment which are distinguished or characterized
by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to Specified Sexual
Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas but not including those uses or activities,
the regulation of which is preempted by state law. 'Adult Business' shall also
include any establishment which as a regular and substantial course of conduct
provides or allows performers, models, or employees to appear in any public
place dressed only in lingerie and / or intimate apparel or conduct work exposing
specified anatomical areas, as defined.
D. Adult Cabaret. A nightclub, restaurant or similar business
establishment which regularly features live performances which are
characterized by the exposure of 'specified anatomical areas' or by
'specified sexual activities,' or films, motion pictures, video
cassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are
characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of
'specified sexual activities' or 'specified anatomical areas;'
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E. Adult Hotel/Motel. A hotel or motel or similar business
establishment offering public accommodations for any form of
consideration which (1) provides patrons with closed-circuit
television transmissions, films, motion pictures, video cassettes,
slides or other photographic reproductions which are characterized
by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of 'specified
sexual activities' or 'specified anatomical areas;' and/or (2) rents,
leases, or lets any room for less than a six (6) hour period, or
rents, leases or lets any single room more than twice in a twenty-
four (24) hour period.
F. Adult Motion Picture Theater. A business establishment where,
for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, video
cassettes, slides or similar photographic reproductions are shown,
and in which a substantial portion of the total presentation time is
devoted to the showing of material which is characterized by an
emphasis upon the depiction or description of 'specified sexual
activities' or 'specified anatomical areas;'
G. Adult Theater. A theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar
establishment which, for any form of consideration, regularly
features live performances which are characterized by the exposure
of 'specified anatomical areas' or by 'specified sexual activities;'
(1) Establishment. Establishment of an Adult Business includes any of the
following:
1. The opening or commencement of any such business as a new
business;
2. The conversion of an existing business, whether or not an Adult
Business, to any of the Adult Businesses defined herein;
3. The addition of any of the Adult Businesses defined herein to any
other existing Adult Business; or
4. The relocation of any such Adult Business.
H,
Gross Receipts. Shall mean and includes the total amounts actually
received or receivable from the sale, trade, rental, display or presentation
of services, products, Adult Material or entertainment which are
characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating
to Specified Sexual Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas.
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I .
Owner or Permit Holder or Permittee. For purposes of this Chapter,
'Owner,' 'Permit holder' or 'Permittee' shall mean any of the following:
(i) the sole proprietor of an Adult Business; or (ii) any general partner of
a partnership which owns and operates an Adult Business; or (iii) the
owner of a controlling interest in a corporation which owns and operates
an Adult Business; or (iv) the person designated by the officers of a
corporation to be the Permit Holder for an Adult Business owned and
operated by the corporation.
J.
Person. Shall mean and includes person(s), firms, corporations,
partnerships, associations, or any other forms of business organization or
group( s).
K.
Regular and substantial course of conduct and regular and substantial
portion of its business. Shall mean any Adult Business where one or
more of the following conditions exist:
1.
The area(s) devoted to the display of Adult Material
exceeds fifteen percent (15 %) of the total display area of
the business; or
2.
The business or concern presents any type of live
entertainment characterized by an emphasis on Specified
Sexual Activity or Specified Anatomical Parts, or
performers, models or employees appearing in public
dressed only in lingerie on any four (4) or more separate
days within any thirty (30) day period; or
3.
At least twenty-five percent (25 %) of the gross receipts of
the business are derived from the sale, trade, rental,
display or presentation of services, products, Adult
Material, or entertainment which are characterized by an
emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to
Specified Sexual Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas.
L.
Religious Institution. A structure which is used primarily for religious
worship and related religious activities;
M.
School. Any child care facility, or an institution of learning for minors,
whether public or private, which offers instruction in those courses of
study required by the California Education Code or which is maintained
pursuant to standards set by the State Board of Education. This definition
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includes a nursery school, kindergarten, elementary
school, junior high school, senior high school or
any special institution of Education, but it does not
include a vocational or professional institution of
higher education, including a community or junior
college, college or university;
N.
Sensitive Land Uses. Those uses which are likely to be the most impacted
by the proximity to an adult business. Typically such uses include
residential zones, parks and playgrounds, churches, schools, day care
centers, and other places frequented by minors.
o.
Specified Anatomical Areas. Includes any of the following:
1. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic
region, buttocks, anus or female breasts below a point immediately
above the top of the areola; or
2. Human male genitals in a discernible turgid state, even if
completely and opaquely covered.
P.
Specified Sexual Activities. Includes any of the following:
1. The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic
region, buttocks, anus or female breasts;
2. Sex acts, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation
or sodomy;
3. Masturbation, actual or simulated; or
4. Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the
activities described in subdivisions a. through c. of this subsec-
tion.
5. Striptease, or the removal of clothing, or the wearing of
transparent or diaphanous clothing, including models or ili!U!I
dressed only in lingerie and / or intimate apparel tonthenpolllt
where Specified Anatomical Areas are exposed.
Q.
Substantial Enlargement. The increase in floor area occupied by the
business, by more than ten percent (10%) as the floor area exists on the
effective date of this Chapter.
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R.
Transfer of Ownership or Control of An Adult Business. 'Transfer of
Ownership or Control of An Adult Business' shall mean and include any
of the following:
1. The sale, lease or sublease of the business; or
2. The transfer of securities which constitute a controlling interest in
the business, whether by sale, exchange or similar means; or
3. The establishment of a trust, gift or other similar legal devise
which transfers ownership or control of the business, including the
transfer by bequest or other operation of law upon the death of a
person possessing the ownership or control.
17.70.006 Criteria for the establishment of Adult Business Overlay..Distr.ic1s-
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The criteria for the establishment of Adult Business (AB) Overlay Districts was
based on legal and historical trends. Historically, communities may select one of the following
three regulatory approaches - concentrated, dispersed, or combined. The concentrated approach
involves creating a special zone district which places all adult businesses in one area in the City.
A dispersed approach allows communities to distribute adult businesses throughout the
community through a separation requirement. The combined approach requires adult uses to
locate only within certain zoning districts (C-M, M-l, M-2) and requires a minimum distance
between adult businesses as well as minimum distances between adult businesses and other
sensitive uses, as defined herein. In the establishment of this AB Overlay District, the City has
utilized a combined approach. Parcels of land with a General Plan Land Use designation of
Freeway Business, L.1. - Limited Industrial and B.P. Business Park which are consistent with
C-M - Commercial Manufacturing, M-l Limited Manufacturing, and M-2 General
Manufacturing Zoning District were taken into consideration. All parcels within a 500' radius
of any residential districts were excluded. Also, all above parcels within a 1,000' radius of
major entry point to the City along the 1-15 corridor were excluded. The remaining parcels as
shown Exhibit" A" were selected as overlay districts in which an adult business can be located,
provided the provisions of Sections 17.70.008, and 17.70.012 here in are complied with.
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17.70.008 Restriction to Adult Business (AB) Overlay District. There is
hereby created a classification known as the Adult Business (AB) Overlay District (per Section
17.70.006). The Map identifying the Adult Business (AB) Overlay District is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A". The regulations set forth in this Chapter shall
apply in all zones or areas of the City in addition to other applicable regulations set forth in this
Code; provided, however, that if any of the regulations specified in this Chapter differ from any
of the corresponding regulations specified in this Title, or other ordinances pertaining to
planning and zoning, for any zone or area which is combined the AB Overlay District, then in
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such case the provisions of this Chapter shall govern. Subject to the foregoing, Adult Businesses
shall be permitted in all areas designated as being located in the AB Overlay District, provided:
A. No Adult Business shall be permitted in any area of an AB
Overlay Zone if the underlying Parcel wherein such Adult Business
is proposed is within 1000' of another Adult Business.
B. Each Adult Business must, prior to commencement or continuation
of such business, first apply for and receive from the Planning
Commission a Conditional Use Permit.
C. Each Adult Business must, prior to commencement or continuation
of such business, first apply for and receive an Adult Business
License.
D. Each Adult Business must comply with all applicable regulations
specified in this Chapter.
E. Each Adult Business must comply with all applicable regulations
of other zoning use designations with which the AB Overlay Zone
is combined.
17.70.010 Statements and Records. Person(s) required to obtain an Adult
Business License pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter for any business establishment which
provides products, Adult Material, merchandise, services or entertainment which is distinguished
or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to Specified Sexual
Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas, as defined in Section 17.70.004 of this Chapter, shall
maintain complete records which can be segregated with regard to all transactions involving such
products, merchandise, Adult Material, services or entertainment which are sufficient to establish
the percentage of gross receipts of the business which is derived from such transactions. Such
records shall be maintained for a period of at least three (3) years.
No person required to keep records under this Section shall refuse to allow
authorized representatives of the City to examine said records at reasonable times and places.
This Section shall not be applicable to a business establishment for which such
transactions constitute less than twenty-five percent (25 %) of the gross receipts of the business.
17.70.012 Conditional Use Permit Required. It shall be unlawful for any person
to operate, engage in, conduct or carry on any Adult Business within the City of Lake Elsinore
unless the person of the Adult Business first obtains, and continues to maintain in full force and
effect an Adult Business License pursuant to Section 17.70.020 herein, and a Conditional Use
Permit. In addition to the base zoning requirements governing Conditional Use Permits
generally, the following additional requirements shall be satisfied by Adult Businesses. Such
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additional requirements shall be included in any approved Conditional Use Permit:
A. Adult businesses may not be located within the distance as specified below of the
following sensitive uses:
1. 500' of the boundary of any residential district of 500' of any residential
use;
2. 1000' of any parcel of real property upon which is located any of the
following facilities:
a. A school primarily attended by minors, (pre-school, K-12);
b. A church, including churches which conduct religious or educational
classes for minors;
c. A public park, playground neighborhood center, community center, day
care center or, recreational facility (e.g. arcade, etc.) frequented by
mmors;
d. An adult business
All measurements set forth above shall be made in a straight line without regard to intervening
structures or objects from the nearest point on the property line of an adult business to the
nearest point on the property line of the sensitive land use as stated above.
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B. Maximum occupancy load, fire exits, aisles and fire equipment shall be regulated,
designed and provided in accordance with the Riverside County Fire Department
and building regulations and standards adopted by the City of Lake Elsinore.
C. No Adult Business shall be operated in any manner that permits the observation
of any material depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities"
or "specified anatomical areas" from any public way or from any location outside
the building or area of such establishment. This provision shall apply to any
display, decoration, sign, show window or other opening.
D. Lighting shall be required which is designed to illuminate all off-street parking
areas serving such use for the purpose of increasing the personal safety of store
patrons and reducing the incidents of vandalism and theft. Said lighting shall be
shown on the required plot plans.
E. No loudspeakers or sound equipment shall be used by an Adult Business for the
amplification of sound to a level discernible by the public beyond the walls of the
building in which such use is conducted or which violates any noise restrictions
as may be adopted by the City of Lake Elsinore.
F. The building entrance to an Adult Business shall be clearly and legibly posted.
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G. The Adult Business shall not be located, in whole or in part, within any portable
structure.
H. The Adult 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.
I. The Adult Business shall not conduct any massage, acupuncture, figure modeling,
tattooing, acupressure or escort services and shall not allow such activities on the
premises.
J. Any Adult 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 service supplied on the premises, shall conform to the following
requirements:
1. At least one (1) 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 Riverside County Sheriff s and City 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.
2. Landscaping shall conform to the standards established for the zone,
except that, if the Adult Business is the sole use on a lot, no planting shall
exceed thirty (30) inches in height, except trees with foliage not less than
six (6) feet above the ground.
3. The entire exterior grounds, including the parking lot, shall be lighted in
accordance with standards promulgated by the City.
4. The premises within which the Adult Business is located shall provide
sufficient sound-absorbing insulation so that 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
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same building.
5. 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.
6. 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.
K. All indoor areas of the Adult Business within which patrons are permitted, except
restrooms, shall be open to view at all times.
L. Except as specifically provided in this Chapter, the Adult Business shall comply
with the zoning, parking, development and design standards applicable to the zone
in which the business is located.
M. No Adult Material shall be displayed in such manner as to be visible from any
location other than within the premises occupied by the Adult Business.
N. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted within the
premises at any time.
O. The Adult 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 any Adult Material.
Restrooms shall not contain television monitors or other motion picture or video
projection, recording or reproduction equipment. The foregoing provisions of
this paragraph shall not be applicable to an Adult Business which deals
exclusively with sale or rental of Adult Material which is not used or consumed
on the premises, such as an Adult Bookstore or Adult Video Store, and which
does not provide restroom facilities to its patrons or the general public.
P. Except as otherwise required by law for adult motion picture theaters, and except
as provided in subparagraph S of Section 17.70.012 with regard to Adult
Arcades, and subparagraph T of Section 17.70.012 with regard to Adult
Businesses providing live entertainment, all areas of the Adult Business accessible
to patrons shall be illuminated at least to the extent of twenty (20) foot-candles,
minimally maintained and evenly distributed at ground level.
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Q. All on-site signage shall conform to the relevant provisions of the Lake Elsinore
Municipal Code regarding signs. All adult materials and activities shall be con-
cealed from view from any public right-of-way, parking lot or neighboring
property.
R. No Adult Business shall be open or operating during the hours from 10:00 p.m.
to 8:00 a.m.
S. The following additional requirements shall pertain to Adult Arcades which
provide one (1) or more viewing area(s):
1. Upon application for a Conditional Use Permit for an Adult Arcade, the
application shall be accompanied by a diagram of the premises showing
a plan thereof specifying the location of one (1) 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 the Adult 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 dimensions of all areas of the
interior of the Adult Arcade to an accuracy of plus or minus six (6)
inches.
2. The application shall be sworn to be true and correct by the Owner under
penalty of perjury.
3. No alteration in the configuration or location of a manager's station(s)
may be made without the prior approval of the Planning Commission.
4. It shall be the duty of the Owner(s) to ensure 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 Adult Arcade.
5. The interior of the Adult Arcade shall be configured in such a manner that
there is an unobstructed view from a manager's station of every area of
the Adult Arcade to which any patron is permitted access for any purpose
excluding restrooms. If the Adult Arcade has two (2) or more manager's
stations designated, then the interior of the Adult Arcade shall be
configured in such a manner that there is an unobstructed view of each
area of the Adult Arcade to which any patron is permitted access for any
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purpose, excluding restrooms, from at least one (1) of the manager's
stations. The view required in this subsection must be by direct line of
sight from the manager's station.
6. It shall be the duty of the Owner(s) and it shall also be the duty of all
employees present on the Adult Arcade to ensure that the individual
viewing area specified in subsection (g) remains unobstructed by any
doors, walls, persons, merchandise, display racks or other materials at all
times and to ensure that no patron is permitted access to any area of the
Adult Arcade which has been designated as an area in which patrons will
not be permitted in the application filed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of
this paragraph.
7. No Individual Viewing Area may be occupied by more than one (1)
person at anyone time. 'Individual Viewing Area' shall mean a viewing
area designed for occupancy by one (1) person. Individual Viewing Areas
of the Adult Arcade 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 (2) or more Individual Viewing
Areas.
8. No individual viewing area shall contain booths, stalls, or partitioned
portions of such individual viewing area used for the viewing of adult
material or other forms of entertainment, having doors, curtains or portal
partitions, unless such individual viewing areas containing booths, stalls
or partitioned portions have at least one (1) side open to the manager's
station and visible to such manager's station. Any booth, stall or
partitioned portion of an individual viewing area authorized under this
subparagraph (h) shall be constructed so as to allow twelve (12) inches of
open space between the bottom of the stall or partition and the floor.
Such open space shall remain unobstructed at all times.
9. The Adult Arcade shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of
sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons are permitted
access but such lighting shall not be of an intensity as to prevent the
viewing of the adult material.
10. It shall be the duty of the Owner(s) and it shall also be the duty of all
employees present on the Adult Arcade to ensure that the illumination
described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present on the
Adult Arcade.
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T.
The following additional requirements shall pertain to Adult Businesses
providing live entertainment depicting Specified Anatomical Areas or
involving Specified Sexual Activities:
1.
No person shall perform live entertainment for patrons of an Adult
Business except upon a stage at least eighteen (18) inches 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. 'Entertainer' shall mean any person who is an employee or
independent contractor of the Adult Business, or any person who, without
any compensation or other form of consideration, performs live
entertainment for patrons of an Adult Business.
2.
The Adult Business shall provide separate dressing room facilities for
entertainers which are exclusively dedicated to the entertainers' use.
3.
The Adult Business shall provide an entrance/exit to the Adult Arcade for
entertainers which is separate from the entrance/exit used by patrons.
4.
The Adult 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 Adult Business shall
provide a minimum three-foot (3') 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.
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.
6.
Fixed rail(s) at least thirty (30) inches in height shall be maintained
establishing the separations between entertainers and patrons required by
this paragraph.
7.
The Adult Business 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 candles as
measured at the floor level.
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The foregoing applicable requirements of this Section shall be deemed conditions
of permit approval, and failure to comply with each and all of such requirements shall be
grounds for revocation of the Conditional Use Permit and the Adult Business License issued
pursuant to this Chapter.
17.70.014 Time Limits For Action On Conditional Use Permit. An application
for a Conditional Use Permit shall be approved or denied by the Planning Commission within
forty-five (45) days of its acceptance as complete by the Community Development Department.
The Planning Commission, or City Council on appeal, shall approve an application for a
Conditional Use Permit for an Adult Business upon findings that the Applicant has met all the
applicable requirements and performance standards of this Chapter. Any proceeding to appeal
such decision to the City Council shall be filed with the City Clerk within ten (10) calendar days
of such decision. An appeal shall be heard within thirty (30) days of its filing with the City
Clerk. Any proceeding to seek judicial review of any City Council decision shall be brought
in accordance with the provisions of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code and applicable State
Law.
17.70.016 Sale/Servin!: of Alcohol and Intoxicated Persons.
A. It is unlawful to sell, serve or permit the consumption of alcohol in a
structure occupied by an Adult Business.
B. It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years or any
obviously intoxicated person to enter or remain on the premises of an
Adult Business at any time. A sign giving notice of this provision shall
be prominently posted at each entrance to the premises of the Adult
Business.
C. It is unlawful for any person having responsibility for the operation of an
Adult Business, to allow any person under the age of eighteen (18) years
to enter or remain on the premises of the business, whether or not such
person having responsibility for the operation of an Adult Business has
knowledge that the person is under the age of eighteen (18) years; or to
allow any obviously intoxicated person to enter or remain on the premises
of the business. For the purposes of this Section, the Licensee of an
Adult Business License, when present on the premises, and the manager
or other person(s) in charge of the premises, are persons having
responsibility for the operation of the business.
17.70.018 Su~ension and Revocation of a Conditional Use Permit. The
Planning Commission may suspend or revoke any Conditional Use Permit if it is found that any
of the following conditions exist in addition to the criteria set forth in this Chapter:
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A. The operation conducted by the permittee does not comply with all
appliCable laws, including, but not limited to, the City's building, health,
zoning and fire ordinances, the requirements of this Chapter, and the
conditions of approval of the Conditional Use Permit;
B. That the approved use has been substantially enlarged without City
approval; that the approved use has been partially or wholly converted to
another Adult Business without City approval; that the Conditional Use
Permit has not been utilized within six months of its issuance; or
C. The Adult Business License has been suspended or revoked.
17.70.020 Adult Business License Required. An Applicant for the operation
of an Adult Business must obtain an Adult Business License in addition to a Conditional Use
Permit. No Adult Business License shall be sold, transferred, or assigned by any License
holder, or by operation oflaw, to any other person, group, partnership, corporation or any other
entity, and any such sale, transfer or assignment, or attempted sale, transfer, or assignment shall
be deemed to constitute a voluntary surrender of such License, and such License shall be
thereafter null and void. An Adult Business License held by an individual in a corporation or
partnership is subject to the same rules of transferability as contained above. Any change in the
nature or composition of the Adult Business from one type of Adult Business use to another type
of Adult Business use shall also render the License null and void. An Adult Business License
shall be valid only for the exact location specified in the License.
17.70.022 ApJJlication For Adult Business License. Applicants for such licenses
shall file a written, signed and verified application or renewal application on a form provided
by the Community Development Department. Such application shall contain:
A. The name and permanent address of Applicant.
B. The name and business address of the Applicant. If the Applicant is a
corporation, the name shall be exactly as set forth in its Articles of
Incorporation and the Applicant shall show the name and residence
address of each of the officers, directors and each stockholder owning no
less than twenty-five percent (25 %) of the stock of the corporation. If the
Applicant is a partnership, the application shall show the name and
residence address of each of the members, including limited partners;
C. A detailed description of the manner of providing proposed entertainment,
including type of entertainment and the number of persons engaged in the
entertainment;
D. Hours of operation;
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E. A location, address and floor plan showing where the specific
entertainment uses are proposed to be conducted within the building;
F. The name or names of the person or persons having the management or
supervision of Applicant's business and of any entertainment;
G. A statement of the nature and character of Applicant's business if any, to
be carried on in conjunction with such entertainment; and
H. For a renewal application, Applicant in addition shall indicate any changes
since the filing of the initial application.
1. Whether the Applicant or any of the other individuals pursuant to this
Section has had a previous permit under this Ordinance or other similar
ordinances from another city or county denies, suspended or revoked,
including the name and location of the Adult Business for which the
permit was denied, suspended or revoked, as well as the date of the
denial, suspension or revocation, and whether the Applicant or any other
individuals listed pursuant to this Section has been a partner in a
partnership or an officer, director or principal stockholder of a corporation
that has permitted under this Section whose permit has previously been
denied, suspended or revoked, including the name and location of the
Adult Business for which the permit was denied, suspended or revoked as
well as the date of denial, suspension or revocation.
J. Whether the Applicant or any other individual listed pursuant to this
Section holds any other permits and/or licenses for an Adult Business
from another city or county, and if so the names and locations of such
other permitted businesses.
K. If a person who wishes to operate an Adult Business is an individual,
he/she must sign the application for a permit as Applicant. If a person
who wishes to operate an Adult Business is other than an individual, each
individual who has a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the business
must sign the application for a permit as Applicant. If a corporation is
listed as Owner of an Adult Business or as the entity which wishes to
operate such a business, each individual having a ten percent (10%) or
greater interest in the corporation must sign the application for a permit
as Applicant.
All applications for a license or renewal shall be filed with the Community
Development Department. Each application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee for
filing or renewal in an amount determined by resolution of the City Council, which fees will be
used to defray the costs of investigation, inspection and processing of such application.
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Applicants for a License under this Section shall have a continuing duty to
promptly supplement application information required by this Section in the event that said
information changes in any way from what is stated on the application. The failure to comply
with said continuing duty within thirty (30) days from the date of such change, by supplementing
the application on file with the Director of Community Development or his/her designee, shall
be grounds for revocation of a License.
17.70.024 Investi2ation. Upon receipt of an application properly filed with the
Community Development Department and upon payment of the nonrefundable application fee
or deposit as specified in the fee schedule, the Community Development Department shall
immediately stamp the application as received and shall immediately thereafter send photocopies
of the application to the Sheriff s Department and any other City departments or other agencies
responsible for enforcement of health, fire and building codes and laws. Each department or
agency shall promptly conduct an investigation of the Applicant, application and the proposed
Adult Business in accordance with its responsibilities under law and as set forth in this Chapter.
Said investigation shall be completed within twenty-five (25) days of receipt of the application
by the Community Development Department. At the conclusion of its investigation, each
department or agency shall indicate on the photocopy of the application its approval or
disapproval of the application, date it, sign it, and, in the event it disapproves, state the reasons
therefor.
A department or agency shall disapprove an application if it finds that the
proposed Adult Business will be in violation of any provision of any statute, code, ordinance,
regulation or other law in effect in the City. After its indication of approval or disapproval,
each department or agency shall immediately return the photocopy of the application to the
Community Development Department.
17.70.026 Decision By Director of Community Development on Ap-vlication For
License. The Director of Community Development or designee (hereinafter 'Director') shall
grant or deny an application for a License within forty-five (45) days from the date of its proper
filing. Upon the expiration of the forty-fifth (45th) day, unless the Applicant requests and is
granted a reasonable extension of time, the Applicant shall be permitted to begin operating the
business for which the License is sought, unless and until the Director notifies the Applicant of
a denial of the application and states the reason(s) for that denial.
17.70.028 Grant of Ap-vlication For License.
A. The Director shall grant the application unless one or more of the reasons set
forth in Section 17.70.030 (Denial of Application for License) below is present.
B. The License, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons
to whom it is granted, the expiration date, and the address of the Adult Business.
The License shall also indicate that the Adult Business whether permitted or not
may be subject to prohibitions against Public Nudity and Indecency pursuant to
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the United States Supreme Court decision in Barnes v. Glen Theater. Inc., III
S.Ct. 2456, 115 L.Ed 2d 504 (June 21, 1991) and any applicable California
statutes or City regulations or ordinances consistent therewith. The permit shall
be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the Adult Business
so that it can be easily read at any time.
17.70.030 Denial of Ap1>lication of License. The Director shall deny the
application for any of the following reasons:
A. That the building, structure, equipment and location used by the business
for which a license is required herein do not comply with the requirements
and standards of the health, zoning, fire building and safety laws of the
State of California and of the City of Lake Elsinore;
B. That the Applicant, his or her employee, agent, partner, director, officer,
stockholder or manager has knowingly made any false, misleading or
fraudulent statement of material fact in the application for a license or in
any report or record required to be filed with the Sheriff's Department,
Sheriff or other department of the City;
C. That the Applicant has had any type of Adult Business License revoked
by any public entity within two (2) years of the date of the application;
D. The Applicant has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor which
offense is classified by the State as an offense involving sexual crimes
against children, sexual abuse, rape, kidnapping, distribution of obscene
material or material harmful to minors, prostitution or pandering,
including, but not necessarily limited to, the violation of any crime
requiring registration under California Penal Code Section 290, or any
violation of Penal Code Sections 243.4,261,261.5,264.1,266, 266a
through 266k, inclusive, 267, 286, 286.5, 288, 288a, 311 through 311.10,
inclusive, 314, 315, 316, or 647.
E. That on the date that the business for which a license is required herein
commences, and thereafter, there will be no responsible adult on the
premises to act as manager at all times during which the business is open;
F. That a Conditional Use Permit has been denied for the proposed use; or
G. That an Applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age.
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H. That an Applicant, manager, or any agent or employee of the Applicant
or manager has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of any
crime in conjunction with or as a result of the operation of the operation
of an Adult Business or any sex-related crime prior to the filing of the
application. The fact that a conviction is being appealed will have no
effect on disqualification of the Applicant.
I. The required application fees have not been paid.
If the Director denies the application, he shall notify the Applicant of the denial
and state the reason(s) for the denial.
If a person applies for a License for a particular location within a period of twelve
(12) months from the date of denial of a previous application for a License at the location, and
there has not been an intervening change in the circumstances which could reasonably be
expected to lead to a different decision regarding the former reasons for denial, the application
shall be denied.
17.70.032 Inspection. An Applicant or Licensee shall permit representatives of
the Sheriff's Department, Health Department, Fire Department, Code Enforcement, Planning
Department, or other City Departments or Agencies to inspect the premises of an Adult Business
for the purpose of insuring compliance with the law, at any time it is occupied or opened for
business. A person who operates an Adult Business or his or her agent or employee is in viola-
tion of the provisions of this section if he/she refuses to permit such lawful inspection of the
premises at any time it is occupied or opened for business.
17.70.034 Expiration of Li~ense. Each License shall expire one (1) year from
the date of issuance and may be renewed only by making application as provided in Section
17.70.020 (for renewals, filing of original survey shall be sufficient). Application for renewal
shall be made at least thirty (30) days before the expiration date, and when made less than thirty
(30) days before the expiration date, the expiration of the License shall not be affected.
When the Director denies renewal of the License, the Applicant shall not be issued
a License for one (1) year from the date of denial. If, subsequent to denial, the Director finds
that the basis for denial of the renewal of the License has been corrected, the Applicant shall be
granted a License if at least ninety (90) days have elapsed since the date denial became final.
17.70.036 Revocation of License. After an investigation, notice and hearing, the
Director shall revoke an existing Adult Business License, as shall be found necessary to assure
the preservation of the public health and safety, if the evidence presented establishes that one
or more of the following conditions exist:
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A. The building, structure, equipment and location used by the business fail
to comply with the requirements or fail to meet the standards of the
health, zoning, fire building and safety laws of the State of California, or
of the ordinances of the City of Lake Elsinore;
B. The Licensee, his or her employee, agent, partner, director, officer,
stockholder or manager has knowingly made any false, misleading or
fraudulent statement of material facts in the application for a license, or
in any report or record required to be filed with the Sheriff or other
departments of the City;
C. The Licensee has had any type of Adult Business License revoked by any
public entity within three (3) years of the date the license was issued;
D. There is not a responsible adult on the premises to act as a manager at all
times in which the business is open or operating;
E. The Licensee is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor which offense is
classified by the State as an offense involving sexual crimes against
children, sexual abuse, rape, kidnapping, distribution of obscene material
or material harmful to minors, prostitution or pandering, including, but
not necessarily limited to the violation of any crime requiring registration
under California Penal Code Section 290, or any violation of Penal Code
Sections 243.4, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266, 266a through 266k, inclusive,
267,286,286.5,288, 288a, 311 through 311.10, inclusive, 314,315,316
or 647;
F. If, on one (1) or more occasions within a twelve (12) month period, a
person or persons has (have) been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor
for an offense set forth in subsection (E) above, which offense has
occurred as a result of or has originated from such persons' activity on the
premises or property on which the Adult Business is located, and the
person or persons were employees, contractors or agents of the Adult
Business at the time the offenses were committed;
G. If the Licensee or any employee of the Licensee has knowingly allowed
prostitution, or solicitation for prostitution, on the premises;
H. The Adult Business has been operated in violation of any of the
requirements of this Chapter and, (i) if the violation is of a continuous
nature, the business continues to be operated in violation of such provision
for more than ten (10) days following the date written notice of such
violation is mailed or delivered to the Licensee, or (ii) if the violation is
of a noncontinuous nature two (2) or more additional violations of the
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same prOVISIon, or four (4) or more violations of any other of the
provisions, of this Chapter occur (regardless of whether notice of each
individual violation is given to Licensee within any twelve (12) month
period .
I. That the subject Adult Business has employed minors;
J. That the Conditional Use Permit for the use has been suspended or
revoked.
17.70.038 Hearing on Revocation of License. Upon determining that grounds
for license revocation exist, the Director shall furnish written notice of the proposed revocation
to the Licensee. Such notice shall summarize the principal reasons for the proposed revocation;
shall state that the Licensee may request a hearing within fifteen (15) calendar days of the
postmarked date on the notice; and shall be delivered both by posting the notice at the location
of the Adult Business and by sending the notice by certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to the Licensee as that name and address appear on the License. Within fifteen (15) calendar
days after the later of the mailing or posting of the notice the Licensee may file a request for
hearing with the Director. If the request for a hearing is filed within fifteen (15) calendar days
of the mailing or posting of the notice referred to herein, the Director shall transmit the request
to the Planning Commission, and the hearing shall be provided.
Upon receipt of a written request for a hearing, the Planning Commission shall
conduct a hearing. The Planning Commission shall conduct a hearing within forty-five (45)
calendar days of the filing of such request by the Licensee. Notice of time and place of the
hearing shall be given to the Licensee by personal service or via certified mail, postage prepaid,
at least fifteen (15) calendar days in advance of the date set for the public hearing. At the
hearing, the Licensee and the City shall be entitled to present relevant evidence, testify under
oath and call witnesses who shall testify under oath. The Planning Commission shall not be
bound by the statutory rules of evidence in the hearing, except that hearsay evidence may not
be the sole basis for the determination of the Planning Commission.
At the conclusion of the hearing, the Planning Commission shall decide whether
the grounds for revocation exist and shall submit a written report to the Director. Such written
report shall contain a brief summary of the evidence considered and shall state findings,
conclusions and directives to the Director regarding whether the License is to be revoked. All
such reports shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be public records. A copy of such
report shall be forwarded by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Licensee on the day it is filed
with the City Clerk. If the Planning Commission determines that any grounds for revocation
exist, as provided in Section 17.70.036 of this Chapter, the Director, based upon the report of
the Planning Commission or, if no hearing was requested by the Licensee, based upon the report
of the City staff, shall immediately revoke the Adult Business License. The decision of the
Planning Commission shall be appealable to the City Council by the filing of a written appeal
with the City Clerk within fifteen (15) calendar days following the date of mailing of such
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decision. A timely filed appeal shall vacate the decision of the Planning Commission. Any such
appeal shall be a de novo public hearing held in the manner and within the time limitations set
forth in Section 17.70.014. The decision of the City Council upon appeal, or the decision of
the Planning Commission in the absence of a timely appeal, shall be final and conclusive.
No application for an Adult Business License shall be accepted or processed for
any person, corporation, partnership, or member thereof, or any other entity for which an Adult
Business License has been revoked within the preceding three (3) year period.
17.70.040 Re~ulations Nonexclusive. The regulations set forth in this Chapter
are not intended to be exclusive and compliance therewith shall not excuse noncompliance with
any other regulations pertaining to the operation of Adult Businesses as adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lake Elsinore.
17.70.042 Violations/Penalties. Any firm, corporation or person, whether as
principal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the
provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and any conviction thereof shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for
not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any violation of the
provisions of this Chapter shall constitute a separate offense for each and every day during
which such violation is committed or continued.
17.70.044 Public Nuisance. In addition to the penalties set forth at Section
17.70.030 above, any Adult Business which is operating in violation of this chapter or any
provision thereof is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance and, as such, may be abated
or enjoined from further operation.
17.70.046 Conflictin~ Ordinances Repealed. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances, or regulations in conflict with the provisions of this Chapter are hereby repealed."
SECTION 3. Section 17.48.020 "Permitted Uses in the C-2 District" of the Lake
Elsinore Municipal Code is hereby amended to delete Subsection "A" regarding "Adult
Entertainment Facilities. "
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or word of this Ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decisions shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Lake Elsinore hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Ordinance, and each
and all provisions thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more of said provisions may
be declared to be invalid.
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SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance as an urgency
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.
,1996.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 9th day of
A'ITEST:
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VICKI KASAD
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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INTRODUCED AND PASSED UPON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY, this 26th day of March,
1996, upon the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
BRINLEY, KELLEY, METZE, PAPE
ALONGI
NONE
NONE
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED UPON SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY, this 9th day of
April, 1996, upon the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
ALONGI, BRINLEY, KELLEY, PAPE
NONE
METZE
NONE
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE)
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I, VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was read by title
only for adoption on March 26, 1996, and passed on April 9,
1996, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: ALONGI, BRINLEY, KELLEY, PAPE
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
/--
o ~1I:JOUNCILM~ERS:
VICKI KASAkTY CLERK
. '';I'l'Y OF LAKE ELSINORE
METZE
NONE
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE)
I, VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of Ordinance No. 1012 of said Council, and that the
same has not been amended or repealed.
DA~: April 17, 1996
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-~:::CKI ~A!i, eITY CLERK
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