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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Chapter 10.72
Section 10.72.050
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division V. Code Enforcement and Animal Regulations

Chapter 10.72 Adult Arcades

Section 10.72.050 Duties, Standards of Conduct and Operational Requirements

It is the continuing duty of the owner, manager, operator, agent and employee present in the premises to ensure compliance with subsections (A) through (J) of this section.

  1. There must be at least one employee on duty and situated in the public room adjacent to the adult arcade stations or booths at all times that any patron, member or customer is present inside the premises.
  1. There must be permanently posted and maintained in at least two conspicuous locations on the interior of all adult arcade premises a sign stating substantially the following:
    1. “Occupancy of any station or booth is at all times limited to one person. There may be no acts of lewd conduct (as defined in SMC 10.60.050) in the stations or booths or on the premises. Violators are subject to criminal prosecution under SMC 10.60.050.”

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 three-quarters inch in height.

  1. The premises must be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures of sufficient intensity to illuminate every place to which patrons, members or customers are permitted access at an illumination of not less than ten foot-candles as measured at the floor level at all times while patrons, members or customers are permitted within the premises.
  1. Doors to areas on the 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.
  1. The unobstructed view into the adult arcade booths or stations from the adjacent public room by direct line of sight must remain unobstructed by any doors, walls, merchandise, display racks or other materials at all times.
  1. No patron, member or customer may be permitted access to any area of the premises which has been designated as an area in which patrons, members or customers will not be permitted.
  1. No adult arcade booth or station may be occupied by more than one person at any time.
  1. There may be no acts of lewd conduct as defined in SMC 10.60.050 in the adult arcade stations or booths or on the premises.
  1. No person may operate or maintain any warning system or device of any nature or kind for the purpose of warning or aiding and abetting the warning of patrons, members, customers or any other persons occupying adult arcade stations or booths located on the premises that police officers or City health, fire, licensing or building inspectors are approaching or have entered the premises.
  1. No person under the age of eighteen years of age may be on or within an adult arcade premises whether as a patron, member, customer, agent, employee or independent contractor.

Date Passed: Monday, October 3, 2022

Effective Date: Monday, October 3, 2022

ORD C36289 Section 5