HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-21-98 Amend Ch 5.86 Sexually Oriented Adult BusinessesORDINANCE NO. 21-
98 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.86 AND
SECTIONS 5.10.045, 17.04.020, 17.04.038, 17.18.030, 17.18.060 17.20.030
AND 17.20.050 OF THE CITY OF ORANGE MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT
BUSINESSES.
RECITALS:WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange ("City Council") wishes
to promote the City of Orange's great interest in protecting and preserving the quality of
the residential, commercial and industrial areas of the City, and the quality of life through
the adoption of an ordinance which reduces the secondary effects of adult oriented
businesses but does so without violating any persons constitutional rights;
and WHEREAS, the City Council believes as true the studies conducted in the
cities of Austin, Texas; Biloxi, Mississippi; Garden Grove, California; Indianapolis,
Indiana;Los Angeles, California; and Phoenix, Arizona which show sexually oriented/
adult businesses cause secondary impacts whichdel,'fade the areas of the city in which they
are located, cause a blighting effect on the city, and increase crime in general, and sex
and drug related crimes in particular, in the vicinity of the sexually oriented/adult
business;
and WHEREAS, prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, the City Council
reviewed detailed studies prepared by other jurisdictions regarding the detrimental social
and economic effects on persons and properties immediately surrounding established
sexuallyoriented/adult businesses. These studies included those prepared by the cities of
Austin,Texas; Biloxi, Mississippi; Indianapolis, Indiana; Garden Grove, California;
Los Angeles, California; and Phoenix, Arizona;
and WHEREAS, the City Council believes the following statements are true, in
part based upon its understanding of the experiences of cities such as Austin, Texas;
Biloxi,Mississippi; Garden Grove, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Los Angeles,
California;and Phoenix,
Arizona:1. Crime rates are higher in residential areas surrounding sexually oriented/
adult businesses than in commercial or industrial areas surrounding sexually oriented/
adult
businesses;2. Areas within close walking distance of single and multiple fanlily
dwellings should be free of sexually oriented/adult
businesses;3. Sexually oriented/adult businesses should not be located in areas of the
City which are in the vicinity ofresidential uses, religious institutions, parks and
4. The image of the City of Orange as a pleasant and attractive place to reside
will be adversely affected by the presence of sexually oriented/adult businesses in close
proximity to residential uses, religious institutions, parks, and schools;
5. The existence of sexually oriented/adult businesses in close proximity to
residential areas has been shown in some cities to reduce the property values in those
areas;
6. The location of sexually oriented/adult businesses on the main commercial
thoroughfares of the City would cause a loss of sensitivity to the adverse effect of
pornography upon children, established family relations, respect for marital relationship
and for the sanctity of marriage relations of others, and the concept of non-
aggressive consensual sexual
relations;7. The City Council believes that allowing sexuallyoriented/adult businesses
in manner provided herein is appropriate because such areas include ample accessible
real estate including acreage in industrial warehouse that is easily accessible by
freeways,highways and
roads;8. A reasonable regulation of the location of sexually oriented/adult
businesses protects the image of the community and its property values and protects its
residents from the adverse secondary effects of such sexually oriented/adult businesses,
while providing those who desire to patronize sexually oriented/adult businesses an
opportunity to do so in appropriate areas within the
City;9. Regulations for sexually oriented/adult businesses should be developed
to prevent deterioration and/or degradation of the vitality of the community before
the problem exists, rather than waiting for a problem to be
created;10, Sexually oriented/adult businesses should be regulated by developing
zoning which will separate such land uses from other incompatible uses;
and WHEREAS, the aforementioned studies show that sex-related
offenses are included within the category of secondary effects caused by unregulated
or under-regulated sexually oriented/adult
businesses; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes that persons who have been
convicted of sex-related offenses have shown a propensity to commit such offenses and
should not be permitted to operate sexually oriented/adult businesses for two (2)
years after such conviction. This is because the sexually oriented nature of the
business creates an increased opportunity for the commission of sex-related offenses
by persons who have exhibited a propensity for the commission
of such offenses; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes as true
the documents and judicial decisions in the public record established and submitted
in conjunction with this Ord
Ordinance which demonstrate that various operational practices of sexually oriented/adult
businesses increase criminal activity, including but not limited to sexually related
criminal activity and illegal drug related activity, and increase the likelihood of the
transmission of diseases including but not limited to sexually transmitted diseases such as
gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome ("AIDS") and
hepatitis-B;
and WHEREAS, the City Council believes the following statements are true, in
part,based upon its understanding of the documents and judicial decisions in the public
record established and submitted with this
Ordinance:1. Evidence indicates that dancers, models, entertainers, and other persons
who publicly perform Specified Sexual Activities or publicly display Specified
Anatomical Parts in sexuallyoriented/adult businesses (collectively referred to as "Performers")
have been found to engage in sexual activities with patrons of sexually oriented/
adult businesses on the site of the sexually oriented/adult
business;2. Evidence has demonstrated that Performers at sexually oriented/
adult businesses have been found to offer and provide private shows to patrons who, for
a price, are permitted to participate with the Performers in live sex
shows;3. Evidence indicates that Performers at sexuallyoriented/adult businesses
have been found to engage in acts of prostitution with patrons ofthe
establishment;4. Evidence indicates that fully enclosed booths, individual viewing areas,
and other small rooms whose interiors provide a degree of privacy ("Individual
Viewing Areas") regularly have been found to be used as a location where persons engage
in unlawful sexual
activity;5. Individual Viewing Areas have been found to contain "glory holes" in
the walls joining abutting Individual Viewing Areas which are used by customers to
facilitate sexual activity between the occupants of the abutting Individual Viewing
Areas;6. Individual Viewing Areas have been found to be unsanitary due to
the existence of semen, saliva, and blood on the walls and floors of the Individual
Viewing
Areas;7. Medical science has found that the AIDS and hepatitis-B viruses are
carried in the semen of infected males and have a potential life span of 2 to 3 hours
outside the
human body;8. The existence of semen on the walls and floors of the
Individual Viewing Areas can facilitate the transmission of the AIDS and
hepatitis-B viruses;3
9. The practice of individuals having anonymous and/or unprotected sexual
relations in Individual Viewing Areas can facilitate the transmission of the AIDS and
hepatitis-B viruses as well as other sexually transmitted
diseases;10. Poorly lit or unlit areas of sexually oriented/adult businesses provide
a location for people to engage in illegal sexual
activities;II. Police agencies have determined that some sexually oriented/adult
businesses and the operators thereof have been found to be directly engaged in (as well as aid
and abet) criminal and illegal sexual activity. Such individuals also have been known to
use
aliases;12. Many jurisdictions have found that sexually oriented/adult
businesses generate excessive noise and disorderly conduct, particularly at the closing time of
the sexually oriented/adult business, which creates an adverse noise public safety impact
on surrounding businesses and communities;
and 13. There is a need to ensure that all non-restroom public portions
ofsexually oriented/adult businesses are open to public view at all times and to make sure
that the business is physically designed to ensure that persons within the business do
not believe that they are in a private location in order to ensure that prohibited conduct
does not occur on the site. For this same reason, it is necessary to ensure that
all individual viewing areas in businesses providing live entertainment contain
a partition-to-partition and floor-to-ceiling plexiglass or
similar
physical barrier separating patrons and Performers.WHEREAS, the experiences of the cities
of Palm Springs and Huntington Beach,California, indicate that disorderly conduct is likely
to occur when crowds which are under the influence of alcohol become
involved in sexually oriented activities; and WHEREAS, while the City Council desires to
protect the rights of those who provide adult oriented entertainment, it desires to do so in
a manner which decn:ases, to the greatest extent feasible, the
undesirable secondary
effects associated with such entertainment; and WHEREAS, based upon the
evidence contained in the documents, judicial opinions, and other public records comprising the
record for this Ordinance,
the City Council finds as follows:I, The City has an interest in
ensuring that individuals who operate sexually oriented/adult businesses have not
been convicted of certain criminal offenses,particularly sexually related offenses.
The application requirements contained in Chapter 5.86 of the
Orange Municipal Code further that interest;2. Requiring the presence of one (I) security
guard for every 50 patrons at sexually oriented/adult businesses providing live
entertainment is likely to
reduce the
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type of disorderly conduct and illegal activity observed to occur at sexually oriented/adult
businesses in other jurisdictions;
3.
Requiring sexually oriented/adult businesses to close at 2:00 a,m. is likely to reduce
the early morning criminal activity occurring at and near sexually oriented/adult businesses,
is likely to eliminate the existence of excessive noise and disorderly conduct in
and around the community in the early hours of the morning;4.
The requirement that sexually oriented/adultbusinesses only allow performances
which are characterized by Specified Sexual Activity or feature Specified Anatomical
Parts such that patrons not be pennitted within six (6) feet of the raised stage while
the Performers are performing is likely to reduce the opportunities for illegal sexual activity
to occur between Performers and patrons, and is particularly likely to reduce the opportunity
for such illegal sexual activity to occur at the sexually oriented/adultbusiness;
5.
Prohibiting live Performers in Individual Viewing Areas unless the patron is completely
separated from the Performer by a floor to ceiling plexiglass or other permanent
impenetrable barrier is likely to reduce the opportunity for illegal sexual and/
or drug related activity to occur between Performers and patrons and reduce the possibility
of the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases between Performers and patrons;
6.
Requiring the entire interior portion of Individual Viewing Areas to be visible from
aisles and public areas of the sexually oriented/adult business is likely to reduce the opportunity
for illegal sexual activity to occur within the Individual Viewing Area;7.
Requiring areas within sexually oriented/adult businesses to be minimally illuminated
to the standards contained in Chapter 5.86 is likely to reduce the opportunity for
the occurrence of illegal sexual activity and/or drug transactions in dark portions of sexually
oriented/adult businesses;8.
Prohibiting physical contact between Performers and patrons of sexually oriented/
adult businesses is likely to reduce the opportunity for the occurrence of illegal sexual
activity between patrons and Performers without limiting the expressive element of
the performance;9.
Prohibiting holes or openings between the interior spaces of Individual Viewing
Areas is likely to reduce the opportunity for the occurrence of illegal sexual activity
between the occupants ofIndividual Viewing Areas;10.
Prohibiting the occupancy of more than one person in an Individual Viewing Area
at any time is likely to rednce the opportunity for the Individual Viewing Area to be used
for illegal sexual activity;5
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11. Prohibiting patrons of sexually oriented/adult businesses from directly
providing payments or gratuities to and prohibiting Performers from directly accepting
the same is likely to reduce the opportunity for illegal sexual activity and drug
transactions to occur between patrons and Performers; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed each of the provisions of Chapter
5.86 and finds that the regulations contained therein have been adopted to reduce the
pernicious secondary effects sexually oriented/adult businesses have been found to
create; and
WHEREAS, while the City Council desires to protect the rights conferred by the
United States Constitution to sexually oriented/adult businesses, it 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 to be associated with the development and operation
of sexually oriented/adult businesses; and
WHEREAS, it is not the intent of the City in adopting this Ordinance to suppress
any activities protected by the First Amendment, but rather to enact a content neutral
ordinance which addresses the secondary effects sexually oriented/adult businesses have
on the City; and
WHEREAS, gIven the perniCIOUS secondary effects sexually oriented/adult
businesses have been found to create, and given the need for regulations, the City
considers sexually oriented businesses to be pervasively regulated businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange hereby ordains as
follows:
Section 1. A new Subsection 0 of Section 5.86.020 of the Orange Municipal
Code is hereby added to read in its entirety as follows:
0. HEARING OFFICER: A person selected by the City Attorney, or his/her
designee, who shall preside at the hearings authorized by this chapter and issue final
decisions on the matters raised therein."
Section 2. Subsection E of Section 5.86.020 of the Orange Municipal Code
entitled "SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT BUSINESS" is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
E. SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT BUSINESS: Any business establishment
or concern, which as a regular and substantial course of conduct, performs or operates as
a sexually oriented/adult book store, sexually oriented/adult theater, sexually
oriented/adult motion picture arcade, sexually oriented/adult motel/hotel, sexually
oriented/adult motion picture theater, nude or semi"nude model studio, sexual encounter
establishment, or sells or distributes sexually oriented/adult merchandise, or any other
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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 matters depicting, describing or relating to specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical parts, but not including those uses or activities,
the regulation of which is preempted by state law. "Sexually Oriented/Adult Business"
shall also include any establishment which as a regular and substantial course of conduct
allows Performers, models, employees, or other persons to appear in any public place in
lingerie or any similar garment which does not opaquely cover the nipples and/or areola
ofthe female breast, the pubic region, and/or the natal cleft."
Section 3. Subsection F of Section 5.86,020 of the Orange Municipal Code
entitled "SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT CABARET" is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
F. SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT CABARET: A night club, bar, restaurant
or similar establishment or concern which, as a regular and substantial course of conduct,
features any type of live entertainment characterized by its emphasis on matter depicting,
describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical parts."
Section 4. Subsection I of Section 5,86.020 of the Orange Municipal Code
entitled "SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT MOTION PICTURE ARCADE" is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
I. SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT MOTION PICTURE ARCADE: Any
business establishment or concern which, as a regular and substantial course of conduct,
provides for the use of its customers any manually operated, coin or slug operated, or
electrically or electronically operated or controlled still or motion picture or videotape
machines, projectors, players or other image producing devices that are maintained to
display images to five or fewer persons per machine or per viewing room at anyone time
when those images are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter
depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical
parts."
Section 5. Subsection J of Section 5.86,020 of the Orange Municipal Code
entitled "SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATER" is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
J. SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATER: A
business establishment or concern which, as a regular and substantial course of conduct,
projects and presents motion pictures, videotape recordings, slide photographs, or other
motion or still pictures which are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter
depicting, describing, or relating to specified anatomical parts or relating to specified
sexual activities."
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Section 6. Subsection K of Section 5.86.020 of the Orange Municipal Code
entitled "SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT THEATER" is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
K. SEXUALL Y ORIENTED/ADULT THEATER: A theater, concert hall,
auditorium, or other similar establishment which, as a regular and substantial course of
conduct, presents live performances which are distinguished or characterized by an
emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or
specified anatomical parts."
Section 7. Subsection L of Section 5.86.020 of the Orange Municipal Code
entitled "NUDE OR SEMI-NUDE MODEL STUDIO" is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as
follows:L. NUDE OR SEMI-NUDE MODEL STUDIO: Any place
where, for consideration, a person appearing nude or semi-nude or
displaying specified anatomical areas is provided for the purposes of being observed,
sketched, drawn, painted,sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted or represented as a
regular and substantial course of conduct of the establishment. Classes taught by instructors licensed
by the State of California on property licensed as educational facilities by the State
of California are exempted
from this definition."Section 8. Section 5.86.030 of the Orange Municipal
Code entitled "Statements and Records" is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:Persons who may be required to obtain a business license
pursuant to the provisions of Title 5 of this Code which provides products,
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 parts, as defined in this chapter, shall maintain complete records which
can be segregated with regard to all transactions involving such products,
merchandise, 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 from the date each such transaction
occurs, The business owner or the person designated by the business owner shall redact
the name, address,telephone number or other similar information on the record which
identifies the person purchasing the products, merchandise, services or entertainment such that it
is not visible or discernible from the face of the record. Such records need not be kept
if the licensee agrees that the business is subject to the sexually oriented/
adult business permit provisions contained within this
Chapter 5.86.No person required to keep records under this section shall
refuse to allow authorized representatives of the Police Department or the City'
s Code Enforcement Department to examine the records at reasonable
times and places,"Ord
Section 9. Subsection C of Section 5.86.060 of the Orange Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
C. A professionally prepared complete plot plan and floor plan, drawn to 118"
scale and I/4" scale, respectively, whose dimensions are no smaller than 24" x 36",
showing all property boundary lines and off-street parking, the location of all
counters,equipment, partitions, sinks, plumbing, walls, electric outlets, manager's stations, and
any other alteration or improvement necessary for the operation of the business,
and demonstrating how the business will comply with all applicable requir<:ments of
this Chapter 5.
86."Section 10. Section 5.86.070 of the Orange Municipal Code entitled "
Approval or Denial of Permit" is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:5.86.070 Determination of Complete Application: Approval or Denial
of Permit. The Business Services Coordinator shall determine whether the
application contains all the information required by the provisions of this chapter. If it is
determined that the application is not complete, the Business Services Coordinator shall notify
the applicant within ten (10) City business days of the date of the receipt of the
application,in writing, that the application is not complete and what documents and/or information
is necessary for the application to be determined to be complete, The applicant shall
have thirty (30) calendar days within which to submit the information necessary for
the application to be deemed complete. If the applicant fails to do so within the thirty (
30)day period, the application shall be rendered null and void and the process shall
be terminated. Within five (5) City business days following the receipt of any
such amended application or supplemental information, the Business Services
Coordinator shall again determine whether said application is complete in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this subsection. Evaluation and notification shall occur
as provided above until such time as the application is found to be complete. Upon
a determination that the application is complete, either upon its initial submittal or
upon receipt of any amended application or supplemental information, the applicant shall
be notified in writing by the Business Services Coordinator that the application is
complete.Upon receipt of a completed application, the Business Services Coordinator shall
submit the application to the Police, Fire, and Community Development Department
for investigation and, within thirty (30) City business days thereof, shall issue the
sexually oriented/adult business permit if the standards for issuance of the permit as
contained within this chapter have been satisfied; otherwise, the permit shall be denied.
The applicant shall be notified within five (5) City business days of the date the
Business Services Coordinator issues the sexually oriented/adult business permit. If the
Business Services Coordinator does not render a decision within thirty (30) City business days
of receipt of a completed application, the sexually oriented/adult business shall be issued
a temporary operating permit which shall vest no rights and shall be subject to
compliance with all operational criteria contained within Section 5.86.080, The times set forth in
this section shall not be extended except upon the written consent of the applicant.
The decision of the Business Services Coordinator shall be final unless appealed to the
City Manager in the manner required by this
chapter.9 Ord No.
All notices required by this chapter shall be deemed given upon the date of
either (i) deposit of such notice in the course of transmission with the United States
Postal Service, first class mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the owner, or (ii)
personal service of such notice upon the applicant.
Any applicant whose permit has been denied pursuant to this chapter shall be
afforded prompt judicial review as provided by law."
Section I I. Subsections Al and A2 of Section 5.86.080 of the Orange Municipal
Code are hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
A. The sexually oriented/adult business is proposed to be located in a zone
permitting the proposed underlying use and complies with other distance restrictions as
follows:
I. The sexually oriented/adult business is not proposed to be located within one
thousand feet (1000') of any residential zone or legal residential use, whether such
residential zone or legal residential use is within or outside the corporate boundmy of the
City of Orange.
2. The sexually oriented/adult business is not proposed to be located within one
thousand feet (1000') of any religious institution including but not limited to a church,
synagogue, temple, or other building which is exempt from federal income tax as an
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a successor
to that section, any public park, any public or private preschool, elementary, secondary,
middle, junior high or high school, whether such use is within or outside the corporate
boundaries ofthe City of Orange."
Section 12. Subsection E of Section 5.86,080 of the Orange Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
E. Any sexually oriented/adult business which allows patrons 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 requirement:
At least one security guard shall be on duty outside the premises, patrolling the
grounds and parking areas, at all times while the sexually oriented/adult business is open
to the public. If the occupancy limit ofthe 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 Orange Police Department and
Code Enforcement Officer of any violations of law observed. Any security guard
required by this subparagraph shall be unifonned in such a manner so as to be readily
identifiable as a security guard by the public and shall be duly licensed as a security
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guard under the California State Private Security Services Act (commencing at Section
7580 of the California Business and Professions Code). No security guard required
pursuant to this subparagraph shall act as a door person, ticket seller, ticket taker, or
admittance person, or perform any other function while acting as a security guard."
Section 13. Subsection H of Section 5.86.080 of the Orange Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
H. The premises within which the sexually oriented/adult business is located
shall provide sufficient sound absorbing insulation so that the noise generated inside said
premises will not disturb the peace or quiet of any adjacent property or public right-
of-way or which causes discomfort or annoyance to any reasonable person of
normal sensitivity residing in the area, The determination may be made by a peace officer
or may be proven by the testimony of any other
person."Section 14, Subsection L of Section 5.86.080 of the Orange Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:L. The interior of the sexually oriented/adult business shall be configured
such that there is an unobstructed view, by use of the naked eye, and unaided by video,
closed circuit cameras or any other means, of every non-restroom public area of
the premises,including but not limited to the interior of all individual viewing areas, from one
or more manager's stations which is no larger than thirty-two (32) square feet of floor
area with no single dimension being greater than eight (8) feet and located in a public
portion of the establishment. No public area, including but not limited to the interior
of any individual viewing area, shall be obscured by any door, curtain, wall, one- or
two-way mirror or other device which would prohibit a person from seeing into the
interior of the individual viewing area using the naked eye and unaided by video, closed
circuit cameras or any other means, from the manager's station. A manager shall be
physically present in each of the manager's stations at all times the business is in operation or open
to the public in order to enforce all rules and regulations and to ensure that no
patron is pennitted access to any area in which patrons are not permitted as depicted
in the application. The managers who are stationed in the manager's stations required
hereunder shall not serve as Performers or perfornl any function other than to observe from
the manager's station and enforce all rules and regulations and to ensure that no patron
is permitted access to any area in which patrons are not permitted as
depicted in the application."Section I5. Subsection S of Section 5.86.080 of the Orange
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in
its entirety as follows:S. The following additional regulations shall pertain
to sexually oriented/adult motion picture arcades which provide more
than one viewing area:1. No alteration in the physical layout depicted in the plot plan
and/or floor plan submitted as part of the application may be made without the
prior approval of
the Business Services Coordinator.
2. No individual viewing area may be occupied by more than one person at any
onetime.
3. "Individual viewing area" shall mean a viewing area designed for occupancy
by fewer than five (5) persons. Individual viewing areas of the sexually oriented/adult
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 0 f two or
more individual viewing areas or between an individual viewing area and any restroom.
4. 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 10' candles, minimally maintained as measured at the floor
level.
5. It shall be the duty of the owner(s) and it shall also be the duty of all
employees present on the premises to ensure that the illumination described above is
maintained at all times that the establishment is open for business and/or patrons are
present."
Section 16. Subsection T of Section 5.86.080 of the Orange Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
T. The following additional regulations shall pertain to sexually oriented/adult
businesses providing live entertainment depicting specified anatomical parts or involving
specified sexual activities:
1. No person shall perform live entertainment involving either the display of
Specified Anatomical Parts or Specified Sexual Activities for any patron of a sexually
oriented/adult business except upon a stage which is raised at least eighteen inches (18")
above the level of the floor and which is separated from patrons by a fixed rail at least
thirty inches (30") in height at a distance of not less than six feet (6') from the nearest
area occupied by patrons while the stage is occupied by an Performer. The entertainment
shall not be provided in any room designed for the individual viewing of any person
unless the area where the Performer performs is separated from the patron-occupied
area by a floor to ceiling and wall-to-wall physical barrier which does
not allow physical contact between the Performer and the patron. For the purpose of
this subsection" neither the existence of a window, two-way mirror, or similar device or
the presence of a bouncer or similar employee in an individual viewing
area renders this subsection inapplicable to any room otherwise designed for the
individual viewing of entertainment.2, The sexually oriented/adult business shall
provide separate dressing room f:lcilities for Performers which are exclusively dedicated
to the Performers' use.3. The sexually oriented/adult business shall provide an
entrance/exit to the premises for Performers which is separate from the entrance/
exit used by patrons.
4. The sexually oriented/adult business shall provide access for Performers
between the stage and the dressing rooms which is completely separated from patrons, If
such separate access is not physically feasible, the sexually oriented/adult business shall
provide a minimum three foot (3') wide walk aisle for Performers between the dressing
room area and the stage, with a railing, fence or other similar physical barrier which
separates patrons and Performers which actually prevents any physical contact between
the patrons and the Performers.
5. No Performer will intentionally have any physical contact with any patron
and no patron will intentionally have any physical contact with any Performer while on
the premises of a sexually oriented/adult business,
6. Fixed rails at least thirty inches (30") in height shall be maintained
establishing the separations between Performers and patrons required by this chapter.
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 foot (20') candle, minimally maintained, as measured at floor level.
7. No patron will directly payor give any gratuity to any Performer, and no
Performer will accept any direct payment from any patron. For the purposes of this
section, the phrase "directly pay" shall mean the person to person transfer of the gratuity.
This section shall not prohibit the establishment of a non-human gratuity
receptacle placed at least six feet (6') from the stage or area occupied by the
Performer."Section 17, A new Subsection Y of Section 5,86,080 of the Orange
Municipal Code is hereby added to read in its entirety as
follows:Y. Neither the applicant, if an individual, nor any of the officers or
general partners, if a corporation or partnership, nor any of the members, if a limited
liability company or partnership, of the sexually oriented/adult business shall have been
found guilty within the past two (2) years of a violation of a "specified criminal act" as
defined in Section 5.86.130 of this chapter, nor shall they have been found to have violated
any of the provisions of a sexually oriented/adult business permit or similar permit or
license in any city, county, territory or
state."Section 18. Subsection F of Section 5.86.130 of the Orange Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:F. The sexuallyoriented/adult business has been operated in violation of any
of the requirements of this chapter, any permit issued to the business, or any of
the provisions of Section 5.86.080 which, by way of Subsection W thereof, are deemed to
be conditions of permit
approval."Section 19. The last paragraph in Section 5.86,130 of the Orange
Municipal Code is hereby deleted and is of no further force or
effect.13 Ord No.
Section 20. Subsection B.1O of Section 5.86.140 of the Orange Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
10. A statement detailing the license or permit history of the applicant for two
years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether
such applicant has ever had a license, permit, or authorization to do business denied,
revoked, or suspended, or had any professional or vocational license or permit denied,
revoked, or suspended. In the event of any such denial, revocation, or suspension, the
date, the name of the issuing or denying jurisdiction, and the full reasons for the denial,
revocation, or suspension shall be stated. A copy of any order of denial, revocation, or
suspension shall be attached to the application,"
Section 21. The introductory paragraph to Subsection B.12 of Section 5.86.140
of the Orange Municipal Code shall read in its entirety as follows:
12. The Business Services Coordinator shall determine whether the
application contains all the information required by the provisions of this chapter. If it is
determined that the application is not complete, the Business Services Coordinator shall
notifY the applicant within ten (l0) City business days of the date of the receipt of the
application, in writing, that the application is not complete and what documents and/or
information is necessary for the application to be determined to be complete, The
applicant shall have thirty (30) calendar days within which to submit the information
necessary for the application to be deemed complete. If the applicant fails to do so
within the thirty (30) day period, the application shall be rendered null and void and the
process shall be terminated. Within five (5) City business days following the receipt of
any such amended application or supplemental information, the Business Services
Coordinator shall again determine whether said application is complete in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this subsection, Evaluation and notification shall occur
as provided above until such time as the application is found to be complete, Upon a
determination that the application is complete, either upon its initial submittal or upon
receipt of any amended application or supplemental information, the applicant shall be
notified in writing by the Business Services Coordinator that the application is complete.
Upon receipt of a completed application, the Business Services Coordinator shall submit
the application to the Police Department for an investigation to be made of such
information as is contained in the application, The Business Services Coordinator shall
render a decision on the application within thirty (30) City business days from the date
the application is deemed complete. The times set forth in this section shall not be
extended except upon the written consent of the application. The decision of the
Business Services Coordinator shall be final unless appealed to the City Manager in the
manner required by this chapter. The Business Services Coordinator or his or her
designee shall issue a license unless the report from the Police Department finds that one
or more of the following findings is true:"
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Section 22. Subsection B.12.c of Section 5.86.140 of the Orange Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
c. That the applicant has been convicted of a "specified criminal act" as defined
in Section 5.86.130 of this chapter within two years of the date the application is
submitted to the City."
Section 23. Subsection B.12.e of Section 5.86.140 of the Orange Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
e. That the applicant has had a sexually oriented/adult business employee
license revoked by the City within two (2) years of the date the current application is
submitted to the City,"
Section 24, Subsection B.12,f of Section 5.86.140 of the Orange Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
f. That the applicant has had a license, permit or other entitlement to work in a
sexually oriented/adult business revoked by another jurisdiction within two (2) years of
the date of the current application,"
Section 25. A new Subsection B.12,g of Section 5.86.140 of the Orange
Municipal Code is hereby added to read in its entirety as follows:
g. In the event that the Business Services Coordinator has not rendered a
decision on the application within seven (7) days of the date the application is deemed
complete, the applicant shall, upon request, be issued a temporary sexually oriented/adult
business employee license which shall entitle the applicant to work in a sexually
oriented/adult business until a decision is rendered on the application. This temporary
license shall be operative for the above-reft:renced interim period only and does
not conveyor confer any property rights upon the applicant. In the event that the
Business Services Coordinator denies the application after the issuance of a temporary
sexuallyoriented/adult business employee license, the applicant shall immediately cease
and desist from any and all services it provides within a sexually oriented/adult
business."Section 26. Subsection C.I of Section 5.86.140 of the Orange Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:1. A license granted pursuant to this section shall expire one year from the
date of the license's issuance. No sooner than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of
the license, the licensee shall submit an annual renewal application to the Business
Services Coordinator. The licensee shall be permitted to continue to provide the services
for which its license was originally issued under such original license until such time as
the Business Services Coordinator or his or her designee either approve the renewal
applica-tion, in which case the licensee shall be operating under the renewed license, or
the Business Services Coordinator or his or her designee denies the renewal application,
in 15 Ord No.
which case the licensee shall immediately cease and desist from providing any services
within an sexually oriented/adult business. The Business Services Coordinator or his or
her designee shall deny a renewal license upon finding that "any specified criminal act"
as defined in Section 5.86.130 of this chapter has been committed during the previous
license period or that the licensee has committed any other act during the existence of the
previous license period which would have been grounds to deny the initial permit
application."
Section 27. Section 5.86.150 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
A. Any person aggrieved by any action of the City in issuing, failing to issue,
suspending, or revoking any permit under this chapter, may appeal the decision by filing
with the City Clerk a statement addressed to the City Manager setting forth the facts and
circumstances regarding the appealed action. The City Clerk shall notify the applicant, in
writing, of the time and place set forth for the hearing on his or her appeal. Notice of the
hearing is to be given to the applicant not less than ten (10) City Business days before
such hearing, either by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or in the manner
required for service in civil actions.
B. The right to appeal from the denial, suspension, or revocation of any permit
required by this chapter shall terminate upon the expiration of fifteen (15) days following
the date written notification advising the applicant of the action of the City and of his or
her right to appeal such action.
C. The hearing on the appeal shall be held within twenty (20) City Business
days of the City Clerk's receipt of the appeal unless, in the reasonable discretion of the
Hearing Officer and pursuant to a written request by the appealing party, a continuance of
the hearing is granted. The status quo shall be maintained during the appeal such that any
appeal of a decision suspending or revoking any permit or license issued pursuant to this
chapter shall not take effect until such time as the appeal is heard and a decision is
rendered thereon.
D. The appellate hearing shall be presided over by a Hearing Officer. At the
hearing, the City and the applicant shall be entitled to be represented by counsel, to
introduce documents, evidence, and the testimony of witnesses and shall be entitled to
cross-examine each party's witnesses. The Hearing Officer shall receive all
relevant evidence and shall issuehis/her findings and final decision within ten (10) City
Business days of the conclusion of the hearing and shall be delivered by first class mail,
postage prepaid, to the appealing party. The decision of the Hearing Officer shall be
final.E. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, whenever the
constitution requires that prompt judicial review is necessary for a decision impinging on
First Amendment expression, the City shall ensure that prompt judicial review, as provided
by law, is available before the administrative decision is
effective."Ord No. 21-
Section 28. Section 5.IO.045 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
5.IO,045 Appeal to City Manaii'er. Except as may otherwise be provided in any
particular chapter of Title 5 of this Code, any person aggrieved by any decision of the
Business Services Coordinator with respect to Title 5 of this Code, may appeal to the City
Manager by filing a notice of appeal to the City Manager. The City Manager shall
thereupon fix a time, within sixty (60) days of receipt of the notice of appeal, and a place
for hearing such appeal. Notice ofthe hearing is to be given to the appellant not less than
five (5) days before such hearing, either by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
or in the manner required for the service in civil actions. The City Manager shall render a
written decision on the appeal within thirty (30) days after such hearing."
Section 29. The word "ADULT ENTERPRISE" defined in Section 17.04.020 of
the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
ADULT ENTERPRISE - A drug paraphernalia store, massage establishment, or any
establishment restricting admission to persons over 18 years of age. "Adult Enterprise"
does not include establishments where the only use is the sale of alcoholic beverages
and/or tobacco. The following definitions shall apply to various adult enterprises:
A.
Drug paraphernalia store. A business establishment or concern subject to the
regulations of Chapters 5.57 and 5.96 of this Code.B.
Massage establishment. A business establishment or concern defined in and subject
to the regulations of Chapter 5.56 of this Code."Section
30. The word "SEXUALLY ORIENTED/ADULT BUSINESS" is hereby
added to Section 17.04.038 of the Orange Municipal Code to read in its entirety as
follows:SEXUALLY
ORIENTED/ADULT BUSINESS - Any business establishment or concern subject
to the regulation of, and more particularly defined in, Chapter 5.86 of this Code."
Section 31.
Table 17.18,030 in Section 17.18.030 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby
amended to add "Sexually Oriented/Adult Businesses" under the category Miscellaneous Uses"
as a permitted use in the C3 zone.Section 32.
Section 17.18.060 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended to add
a new subparagraph "Q" to read in its entirety as follows:Q. Sexually
Oriented/Adult Businesses in the C3 Zone. All sexually oriented/adult
businesses are subject to the regulation of Chapter 5.86 of this Code,"17 Ord
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Section 33. Table 17.20.030 in Section 17.20.030 of the Orange Municipal Code
is hereby amended to add "Sexually Oriented/Adult Businesses" under the category
Miscellaneous" as a permitted use in the M2 zone.
Section 34, Section 17.20.050 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby mnended
to add a new subparagraph "K to read in its entirety as follows:
K. Sexually Oriented/Adult Businesses in the M2 Zone. All sexually
oriented/adult businesses are subject to the regulation of Chapter 5.86 of this Code."
Section 35. Should any section, subsection, clause, or provision of this Ordinance
for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance; it being hereby expressly declared that this Ordinance, and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase hereof would have been prepared,
proposed, approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional
including, but not limited to, the locational and operational requirements contained in
Section 5.86.080. In the event of invalidation relating to the permit process, any
operating business in the City shall be deemed to be operating under a de facto permit
subject to the requirements contained in Section 5,86.080. The de facto permit shall
remain subject to the remaining provisions of the ordinance including, but not limited to,
Section 5.86.120 (Permits Non-Transferable), Section 5.86.130 (
Enforcement,Modification and Revocation), Section 5.86.160 (Violations), Section 5.86.
170 Nuisance) and Section 5.86.180 (Remedies
Cumulative).Section 36: A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified
copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at
least five (5) days prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be
adopted.A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published once within fifteen (I5) days
after its passage in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Orange. The City
Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of the
adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting for and
against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section
36933,Adopted this 24th day of
November
7
1998.
ATTEST:UAf~u~J
C~~City Clerk of the 'ty of
Orange Ord No. 21-
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, CASSANDRA J. CATHCART, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby
certifY that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 10th day of November , 1998, and thereafter at a regular meeting of
said City Council duly held on the 24th day of November , 1998, was duly passed
and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY, SLATER, COONTZ, SPURGEON, ALVAREZ
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
of Orange
TJR
19
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