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A. All employees of a panoram premises must adhere to the following standards of conduct:

1. An employee may not perform actual or simulated acts of sexual conduct as defined in this chapter, or an act that constitutes a violation of Chapter 7.48A RCW, the Washington moral nuisance statute, or any provision regulating offenses against public morals.

2. An employee may not permit actual or simulated acts of sexual conduct as defined in this chapter, or an act that constitutes a violation of Chapter 7.48A RCW, the Washington moral nuisance statute, or any provision regulating offenses against public morals by any other employee or member of the public.

B. At a panoram premises the following are required:

1. Admission must be restricted to persons of the age of 18 years or older. An owner, operator, manager or other person in charge of the panoram premises may not knowingly permit or allow any person under the age of 18 years to be in or upon the premises whether an owner, operator, manager, patron, member, customer, agent, employee, independent contractor, or in any other capacity. This subsection is not intended to be used in a prosecution of a minor on or within a panoram premises.

2. No photograph, drawing, sketch or other pictorial or graphic representation depicting any portion of the breasts below the top of the areola or any portion of the pubic hair, buttocks, genitals, and/or anus may be located outside of the adult entertainment establishment.

3. A member of the public may not be permitted at any time to enter into any of the nonpublic portions of the panoram premises that include but are not limited to rooms provided for the benefit of employees, or storage areas. However, a person delivering goods, merchandise, or materials, or performing maintenance or repairs to the premises or equipment on the premises, may be permitted into nonpublic areas to the extent required to perform the person’s job duties.

4. Restrooms may not contain video reproduction equipment and/or panoram devices.

5. All ventilation devices or openings between panoram booths must be covered by a permanently affixed louver or screen. No portion of a ventilation opening cover may be located more than one foot below the top of the booth walls or one foot from the bottom of booth walls. There may not be any other holes or openings between the booths.

6. No panoram booth or station may be occupied by more than one person.

7. There must be permanently posted and maintained in at least two conspicuous locations on the interior of all adult retail premises a sign stating substantially the following:

OCCUPANCY OF ANY STATION OR BOOTH IS AT ALL TIMES LIMITED TO ONE PERSON.

THERE MAY BE NO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE STATIONS, BOOTHS, OR ON THE PREMISES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT (RCW 9.68A.011), ACTS OF PROSTITUTION, DRUG ACTIVITY, OR SEXUAL CONDUCT, AS DEFINED HEREIN.

VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

Each sign must be conspicuously posted and not screened from the patron’s view. The letters and numerals must be on a contrasting background and be no smaller than one inch in height.

8. Doors to areas of the panoram premises which are available for use by persons other than the owner, manager, operator, or their agents or employees may not be locked during business hours.

9. No person may operate or maintain any warning system or device, of any nature or kind, for the purpose of alerting, warning, or aiding and abetting the warning of any patrons, members, customers, owners, operators, managers, employees, agents, independent contractors, or any other persons in the adult entertainment establishment that police officers or city code enforcement, fire, licensing, or building inspectors are approaching or have entered the premises.

C. The responsibilities of the manager of a panoram premises shall include:

1. A licensed manager shall be on duty at a panoram premises at all times members of the public are present on the premises. The full name and license of the manager shall be prominently posted during business hours.

2. The manager licensed under this chapter shall maintain visual observation from a manager’s station of each member of the public. All panoram stations or booths must open to the public room so that the area and occupant inside the booths are fully and completely visible by direct line of sight to the manager located at the manager’s station which shall be located at the main entranceway to the public room containing the panoram stations or booths. No curtain, door, wall, merchandise, display rack, or other enclosure, material, or application may obscure in any way the manager’s view of any portion of the activity or occupant of the panoram premises.

3. The manager shall be responsible for and shall ensure that the actions of members of the public and all other employees shall comply with all requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 5253 § 2, 2000; Ord. 5191 § 11, 1999.)