Ordinance 2010-04
ORDINANCE NO. 2010-04
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GILROY AMENDING SECTION 2A.2 OF CHAPTER 2A OF THE
GILROY MUNICIPAL CODE ADDING CERTAIN SECTIONS
REGULATING ADULT BUSINESSES AND REPEALING
SECTION 16.13-1 OF THE GILROY MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy regulates adult businesses in order to
protect the needs of the City and its residents today and in the future; and
WHEREAS, the City Council enacted Ordinance 93-8 on March 15,
1993, for the purpose of establishing reasonable and uniform regulations designed to
reduce the secondary effects that adult businesses have on the residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council amended said ordinance on September 22,
1999, to comply with new statutory requirements resulting from the Baby Tam & Co..
Inc. v. City of Las Vegas, 154 F.3d 1097 (1998) decision and pertaining to judicial
review; and
WHEREAS, on October 21, 2002, the City Council amended said
ordinance to regulate sexual encounter establishments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that certain activities,
currently unregulated under Gilroy's Adult Business Ordinance, are likely to have
deleterious secondary effects on the health, safety and well being of the community; and
WHEREAS, the matters addressed in Gilroy City Code Section 16.13-1,
entitled "Nudity of waiter, waitress, entertainer in food and beverage establishments" are
more appropriately regulated in the changes to the Municipal Code set forth in this
Ordinance and Section 16.13-1 should therefore be repealed! and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the possible harmful effects on
children and minors exposed to the effects of such adult businesses, including the need and
desire of children and minors to stay away from and avoid such businesses, which causes
children to be fearful and cautious when walking through or visiting the immediate
neighborhood of such businesses; and the City Council desires to minimize and control the
adverse secondary side effects associated with the operation of adult businesses and thereby
protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Gilroy; protect the citizens from
increased crime; preserve the quality of life; preserve property values and the character of
surrounding neighborhoods and businesses; deter the spread of urban blight and protect
against the threat to health from the spread of communicable and sexually transmitted
diseases; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that loeational criteria are a legitimate
and reasonable means of ensuring that adult businesses are conducted in a manner so as to
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minimize their adverse secondary effects and to thereby protect the health, safety, and
welfare of the city's residents, protect citizens from increased crime, preserve the quality of
life, preserve property values and the character of surrounding neighborhoods and
businesses and deter the spread of urban blight. The locational requirements contained in
this ordinance do not unreasonably restrict the establishment or operation of
constitutionally protected adult businesses in Gilroy and a sufficient and reasonable number
of alternative locations for adult businesses are provided by this ordinance. The City
Council takes legislative notice of the Untied States Supreme Court decision in City of
Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. that requires the City provide adult businesses a
reasonable opportunity to open and operate. The City Council also takes legislative notice
of the Ninth Circuit's decisions in Topanga Press Inc. v. City of Los Angeles and finds that
under the distance and locational restrictions set forth in this ordinance there are sufficient
sites available for adult businesses within the City.
WHEREAS, the City Council also finds that locational criteria alone do not
adequately protect the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Gilroy and thus
certain requirements with respect to ownership, operation and licensing of adult businesses
are in the public interest. In addition to the findings and studies conducted in other cities
regarding increases in crime rates, decreases in property values and the blighting of areas in
which such businesses are located, the City Council takes legislative notice of the
following: (1) the facts recited in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case entitled Kev, Inc.
v. Kitsap County regarding how live adult entertainment results in secondary effects such
as prostitution, drug dealing and other law enforcement problems and (2) the facts and
holding of the case of Gammoh v. City of La Habra, wherein the Ninth Circuit recognized
that off stage performances by performers who also perform nude and!or semi-nude at an
adult entertainment establishment can cause the same secondary effects as other activities
documented in studies and case law regarding adult establishments, even if the performer is
clothed and the establishment does not serve alcohol.
WHEREAS, relying on the foregoing and on those findings made below,
the City finds that adult businesses in this Gilroy may lead to detrimental secondary effects
including prostitution, engagement in unlawful sexual activity and engagement in unlawful
drug sales and activity. The City Council bases this conclusion on experiences in other
similarly situated communities in California and nationwide.
WHEREAS, in addition to the foregoing, and any findings made
previously by the City Council in enacting prior versions of this the City's ordinances
regulating adult entertainment establishments, the City Council finds the following, based
upon its understanding of the documents and judicial decisions cited herein:
(1) Evidence indicates that some dancers, models and entertainers, and
other persons who publicly perform specified sexual activities or publicly display
specified anatomical parts in adult businesses (collectively referred to as
'performers') have been found to engage in sexual activities with patrons of adult
businesses on the site of the adult business;
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(2) Evidence has demonstrated that performers employed by adult
businesses have been found to offer and provide private shows to patrons who, for a
price, are permitted to observe and participate with the performers in live sex
shows;
(3) Evidence indicates that performers at adult businesses have been
found to engage in acts of prostitution and drug dealing with patrons of the
establishment;
(4) Evidence indicates that fully enclosed booths, individual viewing
areas, and other small rooms whose interiors cannot be seen from public areas of
the establishment regularly have been found to be used as locations for engaging in
unlawful sexual activity;
(5) As a result of the above, and the increase in incidents of AIDS and
Hepatitis B, which are both sexually transmitted diseases, the City has a substantial
interest in adopting regulations which will reduce, to the greatest extent possible,
the possibility for the occurrence of prostitution, drug dealing and casual sex acts at
adult businesses in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of its citizens;
(6) The public health, safety and welfare of all persons in the City must
be protected by the establishment of standards to diminish the possibility of
infection of contagious diseases;
(7) Enclosed or concealed booths, bathrooms open to more than one
person (which do not have an attendant present at all times), and dimly lit areas
within adult businesses greatly increase the potential for misuse of the premises,
including unlawful conduct of a type which facilitates transmission of disease.
Enacting the following requirements will reduce the opportunity for, and therefore
the incidence of, illegal conduct within adult businesses and further facilitates the
inspection of the interior of the premises thereofby law enforcement personnel:
(i) all indoor areas must be open to view by management at all times
(ii) adequate lighting must be provided
(iii) separate bathrooms must be provided for performers and patrons; and
(iv) bathrooms for patrons must either have an attendant present at all times
or be limited to one person using such bathroom at a time.
(v) no television monitors or video projection, recording or reproduction
equipment are to be permitted in restrooms.
(8) Preventing the exchange of money between performers and patrons
also reduces the likelihood of drug and sex transactions occurring in adult
businesses.
(9) Requiring separations between performers and patrons precludes
them from being within earshot to communicate and thereby reduces the likelihood
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that such persons will negotiate narcotics sales and!or transact sexual favors within
the adult business.
(10) Prohibiting physical contact between performers and patrons at adult
businesses, requiring separate entrances for performers and patrons at adult
businesses, requiring separate entrances for performers from those used for patrons,
requiring adult performances to take place on a raised stage that is separated from
patrons by a distance of at least six feet, requiring separate restrooms for performers
and patrons and for persons of opposite sexes, prohibiting performers from
soliciting payment from patrons, and prohibiting the direct payment to performers
by patrons are a reasonable and effective means of addressing the legitimate
governmental interests of preventing prostitution, the spread of sexually transmitted
diseases and drug transactions, The case law and studies reviewed serve as a
reasonable basis to establish this link.
(11) A closing hours requirement promotes the reduction of deleterious
secondary effects from adult facilities. Such fmding is reasonably based on prior
court decisions on the need for closing hours, including the 2003 Ninth Circuit case
of Center for Fair Public Policy v. Maricopa County and other studies in the record
including "Closin' Time: Effective Regulation of Adult Businesses; Hours of
Operation". Such a fmding is also based on the finding that such standards do not
preclude reasonable alternative avenues of communication. For example, the
closing hours requirement in the ordinance still allows adult businesses to operate
seven days a week seventeen (17) hours per day. In addition, the City Council
takes note of the proliferation of adult material on the internet, satellite television,
direct television, CDs, DVDs and that these various media provide alternative
avenues of communication.
(12) Establishment and maintenance of an adult business regulatory
licensing process and operational standards for adult businesses are legitimate and
reasonable means of minimizing the adverse secondary effects of adult businesses
by ensuring that:
(i) Operators of and performers at adult businesses comply with the
city's regulations;
(ii) The recognized adverse secondary effects of a proposed adult
business are mitigated;
(iii) Adult business operators have specific guidelines with respect
to the manner in which they can operate an adult business; and
(iv) The applications for an adult business regulatory license are
handled fairly and expeditiously.
WHEREAS, in adopting this ordinance, City Council takes legislative
notice of the existence and content of: studies concerning the adverse secondary side
effects of adult businesses in other cities, including those in Garden Grove, California
(1991); Tucson, Arizona (1990); Seattle, Washington (1989); Austin, Texas (1986);
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1986); Indianapolis, Indiana (1984); Houston, Texas (1997);
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Beaumont, Texas (1982); Minneapolis, Minnesota (1980); Phoenix, Arizona (1979);
Whittier, California (1978); Amarillo, Texas (1977); Cleveland, Ohio (1977); Los
Angeles, California (1977); New York, New York (1994); Newport News, Virginia
(1996); Times Square, New York City (1994). In addition, City Council of the City of
Gilroy takes legislative notice of the existence and content of other studies concerning the
adverse secondary side effects of adult businesses, including: the Report of the Attorney
General's Working Group on the Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses, Attorney
General, State of Minnesota (1989); A Methodological Critique of the Linz-Paul Report:
A Report to the San Diego City Attorney's Office (2003); Sexually Oriented Businesses:
An Insider's View - Testimony of David Sherman before the Michigan House
Committee on Ethics and Constitutional Law (2000); Closin' Time: Effective Regulation
of Adult Businesses' Hours of Operation, by Scott Bergthold (2000); Summaries of Key
Reports Concerning the Negative Secondary Effects of Sexually Oriented Businesses, by
Louis Comus III (2001); Peep Show Establishments, Police Activity, Public Place and
Time: A Study of Secondary Effects in San Diego, California, by Daniel Linz et al.
(2006); Do Peep-shows "Cause" Crime? A response to Linz, Paul, and Yao, by Richard
McCleary et al. (2006); and Rural Hot Spots: The Case of Adult Businesses, by Richard
McCleary (2008). The City Council fmds that these studies are relevant to the problems
addressed by the City in enacting this ordinance to regulate the adverse secondary side
effects of the adult businesses, including the specific activities regulated pursuant to this
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in enacting this ordinance, the City Council has further
considered the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and lower courts regarding
local regulation of adult businesses, including but not limited to: City of Littleton.
Colorado v. Z.J. Gifts D-4. 541 U.S. 744 (2004); City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books,
535 U.S. 425 (2002); City of Erie. et al. v. Pap's A.M.. TDBA "Kandyland", 529 U.S. 277
(2000); Barnes v. Glenn Theater, 501 U.S. 560 (1991); City of Renton v. Pla~e
Theatres. Inc. 475 U.S. 41 (1986); Gammoh v. City of La Habr~ 395 F.3d 1114 (9 Cir.
2005), amended 402 F. 3d 875, cert denied 126 S.Ct. 374; Dream Palace v. County of
Maricopa 384 F. 3d 990 (9th Cir. 2004); Center for Fair Public Policy v. Maricopa County,
336 F. 3d 1153 (9th Cir. 2003); Colacurcio v. City of Kent, 163 F.3d 545 (9th Cir. 1998);
Crawford v. Lungren, 96 F.3d 380 (9th Cir. 1996); Hussey v. City of Portland 64 F. 3d 1260
f9t1t Cir. 1995); Topanga Press. Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 989 F.2d 1524 (9th Cir. 1993)
Kev. Inc. v. Kitsap County, 793 F. 2d 1053 (9th Cir. 1986); Fantasyland Video. Inc. v.
County of San Diego, 373 F. Supp. 2d 1094 (2005); Krontz v. City of San Diego, 136
Cal.App. 4th 1126 (2006); Tily B.. Inc. v. City of Newport Beach. 69 Cal.App.4th 1
(1998); City of National City v. Wiener, 3 Cal. 4th 832 (1992); and Morris v. Municipal
Court, 32 Cal. 3d 553 (1982).
WHEREAS, it is not the intent of the City Council in enacting this
Ordinance to suppress any speech activities protected by the First Amendment, but rather
to enact a content-neutral ordinance with addresses the adverse secondary effects of adult
businesses in a manner that ensures the continued and orderly use and development of
property, while at the same time protecting the rights conferred by the United States
Constitution to adult businesses; and
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WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, the City Council finds that (i) it is
necessary to repeal Gilroy City Code Section 16.13-1; and (ii) it is necessary to repeal
and re-adopt its adult business ordinance in order to update said ordinance to ensure that
the adverse secondary side effects of adult businesses will not contribute to an increase in
crime rates, disease, or to the blighting or deterioration of the areas in which they are
located or surrounding areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GILROY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Section 2A.l of the Gilroy City Code is hereby repealed and readopted in its entirety to
read as follows:
Chapter 2A ADULT BUSINESSES*
Sec. 2A.1. Defmitions.
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.
Should any of the definitions be in conflict with the current provisions of the Gilroy City
Code, the defmitions in this chapter shall prevail.
(a) Adult business shall mean those businesses meeting one or more of the following
defmitions:
(1) Adult arcade shall mean an establishment or portion thereof where, for any
form of consideration, one or more still or motion picture projectors, slide
projectors, digital video monitors, or other image producing machines, are used to
show films, motion pictures, laser disks, compact disks, digital videos or other
digital recordings, holograms or other electronically generated images or devices,
video cassettes, computer displays, slides, or other photographic reproductions
which are characterized by the depiction or description of "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas" for viewing by five (5) or fewer
persons.
(2) Adult bookstore, adult novelty store, or adult video store shall mean a
commercial establishment which has as a substantial portion of its stock-in-trade
or a substantial portion of its revenues or devotes a substantial portion of its
interior business or advertising to the sale, rental or viewing for any form of
consideration, of anyone or more of the following: books, magazines, periodicals
or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, laser disks,
compact disks, digital videos or other digital recordings, holograms or other
electronically generated images or devices, video cassettes, slides, computer
software or other visual representations which are characterized by the depiction
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or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas"; or
instruments, devices or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection
with "specified sexual activities."
a. An establishment may have other principal business purposes or
operations that do not involve the offering for sale, rental, or viewing of
material depicting or describing "specified sexual activities" or "specified
anatomical areas" or other "adult material" and still be categorized as adult
bookstore, adult novelty store, or adult video store. Such other business
purposes or operations will not serve to exempt such establishments from
being categorized as an adult bookstore, adult novelty store or adult video
store so long as one of its principal business purposes is offering for sale or
rental, for some form of consideration, the adult material specified above.
b. A commercial establishment shall not be considered to be an adult
bookstore, adult novelty store or adult video store, and shall not be required to
obtain an "adult business permit" under this chapter where (a) the commercial
establishment rents or sells the material set forth above exclusively for off-
premises use by the customer, and (b) a portion of its business is not in selling
or renting the adult material set forth above.
(3) Adult cabaret shall mean a nightclub, bar, restaurant, bottle club, or similar
commercial establishment, whether or not alcoholic beverages are served, which
features: (1) persons who appear semi-nude; (2) live performances which are
characterized by the exposure of "specified anatomical areas" or by "specified
sexual activities," or (3) films, motion pictures, laser disks, compact disks, digital
videos or other digital recordings, holograms or other electronically generated
images or devices, video cassettes, computer software, slides, or other
photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or
description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."
(4) Adult dance studio shall mean any establishment or business which provides
for members of the public a partner for dance where the partner is "nude" or
"semi-nude" or where the partner, or the dance, is distinguished or characterized
by the emphasis on matter depicting, or describing or relating to "specified sexual
activities" or "specified anatomical areas."
(5) Adult entertainment enterprise shall mean a commercial establishment, other
than one defined in this subsection as an adult business, which has one of its
principal business purposes the offering of forms of entertainment on its premises
involving the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified
anatomical areas."
(6) Adult hotel or adult motel shall mean a hotel or motel or similar commercial
establishment which: (1) offers public accommodations, for any form of
consideration, which provides patrons with closed-circuit television
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transmissions, films, motion pictures, laser disks, compact disks, digital videos,
holograms, electronically generated images or devices, including video software,
video cassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are
characterized by the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or
"specified anatomical areas" and which advertises the availability of this sexually
oriented type of material by means ofa sign visible from the public right-of-way,
or by means of any off-premises advertising including but not limited to
newspapers, magazines, pamphlets or leaflets, radio or television, or, (2) offers a
sleeping room for rent for a period of time less than ten (10) hours; or (3) allows a
tenant or occupant to subrent the sleeping room for a time period of less than ten
(10) hours.
(7) Adult motion picture theater shall mean a commercial establishment where
films, motion pictures, laser disks, compact disks, digital videos or other digital
recordings, holograms or other electronically generated images or devices, video
cassettes, computer software, slides or similar photographic reproductions
characterized by the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or
"specified anatomical areas" are regularly shown for any form of consideration.
(8) Adult theater shall mean a theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar
commercial establishment which, for any form of consideration, regularly features
persons who appear semi-nude or live performances which are characterized by
exposure of "specified anatomical areas" or by "specified sexual activities."
(9) Escort agency shall mean a person or business association who furnishes,
offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish "escorts" as one of its primary business
purposes for a fee, tip, or other consideration.
(10) Figure modeling studio shall mean any establishment or business which
provides for members of the public the services of a live human model for the
purpose of reproducing the human body, wholly or partially in the nude, by means
of photograph, painting, computer software, sketching, drawing, or other pictorial
form.
(11) Sexual encounter establishment shall mean a business or commercial
establishment that as one of its primary business purposes, offers for any form of
consideration, a place where two (2) or more persons may congregate, associate,
or consort for the purpose of "specified sexual activities" or the exposure of
"specified anatomical areas" or activities when one or more of the persons is
semi-nude or in a state of nudity. The defmition of adult business shall not include
an establishment where a medical practitioner, psychologist, psychiatrist, or
similar professional person licensed by the State of California engages in
medically approved and recognized sexual therapy.
(12) Semi-nude model studio shall mean any place where a person, who appears
semi-nude or displays "specified anatomical areas", is provided for money or any
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form of consideration to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculpted,
photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons.
(b) Adult business permit or permit shall mean that permit issued by the chief of
police pursuant to this chapter.
( c) Adult material shall mean accessories, paraphernalia, devices, books,
magazines, laser disks, compact disks, digital videos, digital video disk devices,
photographs, prints, drawings, painting, motion pictures, pamphlets, videos, slides,
tapes, games, holograms or electronically generated images or devices including
computer software, or any combination thereof that is distinguished or characterized
by its emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual
activities or specified anatomical areas..
(d) Employee shall mean a person who works or performs in and!or for an adult
business, regardless of whether or not said person is paid a salary, wage or other
compensation by the operator of said business.
(e) Escort shall mean a person who, for any form of consideration or gratuity, agrees
or offers to act as a companion, guide, or date for another person, or who agrees or
offers to privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another
person.
(f) Establish shall mean and include any of the following:
(1) To open or commence any such business as a new business; or
(2) To convert an existing business, whether or not an adult business, to any of
the adult businesses defined in this section; or
(3) To add any of the adult businesses defined in this section to any other
existing adult business; or
(4) To relocate any such adult business.
(5) To expand by ten (10) percent or more that portion of the floor area of the
premises open to the public as an adult business. If an adult business has obtained
a use permit under the requirements set forth in section 28 of the Zoning
Ordinance, the maximum ten (10) percent expansion requirement is measured
over the term of the use permit.
(g) Nudity or state of nudity shall mean the appearance of human bare buttock, anus,
male genitals, female genitals, or the areola or nipple of the female breast. Nudity or
state of nudity shall not mean nor include a person who appears in a state of nudity in
a modeling class operated:
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a. By a proprietary school, licensed by the State of California; a college,
junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation; or
b. By a private college or university which maintains and operates
educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, junior
college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation; or
c. In a structure which: (a) has no sign visible from the exterior of the
structure and no other advertising that indicates a nude person is available for
viewing; and (b) where, in order to participate in a class, a student must enroll
at least three (3) days in advance of the class; and (c) where no more than one
nude model is on the premises at anyone time.
(h) Operator shall mean and include the owner, permittee, general manager,
operator or person in charge of an adult business or proposed adult business.
(i) Permitted premises shall mean any premises that requires a permit and that is
classified as an adult business.
G) Permittee shall mean a person in whose name a permit to operate an adult
business has been issued, as well as the individual listed as an applicant on the
application for a permit.
(k) Person shall mean any individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture,
association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business
trust, receiver, syndicate, county, city and county, municipality, district, joint powers
authority or other political subdivision, or any other group or combination acting as a
unit.
(1) Public building with programs for minors shall mean any publicly owned
building wherein training, education, or any other program designed primarily for
minors is conducted.
(m) Public park or recreation area shall mean public land which has been
designated for park, recreational, or arts activities including, but not limited to, a park,
playground, swimming pool, reservoir, athletic field, basketball or tennis courts, or
similar public land.
(n) Religious institution shall mean any church, synagogue, mosque, temple or
building which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities.
(0) Residential zone shall mean property which is zoned for a single family house,
duplex, townhouse, multiple family dwelling(s), or mobile home park or subdivision,
and campground, recreational trailer park, or travel trailer park.
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(P) School shall mean any publicly or privately owned or operated educational
center or day care.
(q) Semi-nude shall mean a state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the
genitals, pubic region, and areolae of the female breast, as well as portions of the
body covered by supporting straps or devices.
(r) Specified anatomical areas shall mean and include 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
areolae; or
(2) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and
opaquely covered.
(s) Specified criminal act(s) shall mean acts which are sexual crimes against
children, sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, prostitution, solicitation of prostitutes,
pandering, pimping, unlawful acts of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, or
masturbation occurring on the premises of an adult business, or crimes including but
not limited to distribution of obscenity or material harmful to minors.
(t) Specified sexual activities shall mean and include any of the following:
(1) The fondling or other intentional touching of human genitals, pubic region,
buttocks, anus, or female breasts; or
(2) Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral
copulation, or sodomy; or
(3) Masturbation, actual or simulated; or
(4) Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation, arousal or tumescence; or
(5) Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities set
forth in subdivisions (1) through (4) of this subsection.
(u) 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.
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(v) Use permit shall mean a conditional use permit approved by the City of Gilroy in
accordance with section 28 and all other Zoning Ordinance regulations.
(w) Viewing booth shall mean any portion of an adult business which portion is:
(1) Partially enclosed; and
(2) Has a floor area ofless than one hundred fifty (150) square feet; and
(3) Is designed for viewing films, motion pictures, laser disks, compact disks,
digital videos or other digital recordings, holograms or other electronically
generated images or devices, video cassettes, computer displays, slides, or other
photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or
description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Sec. 2A.2. Prohibition.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any premises for an adult business or
establish or operate an adult business unless there has been first obtained from the
chief of police an adult business permit as specified in this chapter, and then only as
specified in the Zoning Ordinance, and subject to all other applicable regulations and
conditions enumerated in the Zoning Ordinance and Gilroy City Code.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any premises for an adult business or
establish or operate an adult business in violation of any city or county, state or
federal statute, ordinance or regulation.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any premises for a sexual encounter
establishment or operate a sexual encounter establishment in any zoning district of the
city.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any owner or other person with managerial control over an
adult business to permit any person on the premises of the premises of the adult
business to engage in: (i) any live performance of sexual intercourse, oral copulation,
or sodomy; or (ii) any other live showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic
area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, and!or the female breasts with
less than a fully opaque covering over any part of the nipple or areola and!or covered
male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. This provision may not be complied with
by applying an opaque covering simulating the appearance of the specific anatomical
part required to be covered.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any operator, entertainer, employee or agent of an adult
business providing live entertainment to permit to be performed, offer to perform or
perform sexual intercourse, oral or anal copulation, fondling or physical stimulation
of either clothed or unclothed human genitals, pubic regions, buttocks or female
breasts with any patron.
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(f) It shall be unlawful for any operator, entertainer, employee or agent of an adult
business to permit any patron to touch, caress, or fondle the clothes or unclothed
breast, buttocks, anus or genitals of any operator, entertainer, employee or agent of an
adult business providing live entertainment or permit any entertainer, operator,
employee or agent to touch, caress or fondle the clothed or unclothed breasts,
buttocks, anus, genitals of any patron.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any operator, entertainer, employee or agent of an adult
business providing live entertainment to perform or permit to be performed any
massage or escort services, or any services related thereto, on the premises of such
adult business.
(h) It shall be unlawful for any employee who performs live entertainment in an adult
business to directly solicit any gratuity from any patron and no person working in
such adult business shall directly solicit any gratuity on their behalf. If any patron
wishes to tip performers, any such tips shall be placed in containers placed at least six
(6) feet from the stage on which live performances occur. No patron shall be
permitted to throw money to performers, hand money directly to performers, place
money in the performers' costumes or otherwise place or throw money on the stage.
Patrons shall be advised of this requirement by signs conspicuously displayed and
placed on the barrier between patrons and performers and utilizing red or black
printing of letters not less than one (1) inch in size.
(i) Any establishment providing adult entertainment will provide separate restroom
facilities for male and female patrons and employees. Only one person will be
allowed in any of the restrooms set aside for use of patrons at any time, unless
otherwise required by law, in which case the adult business will employ a restroom
attendant of the same sex as the restroom users who shall be present in the public
portion of the restroom during operating hours. The attendant will insure that no
person of the opposite sex is permitted in the restroom, that not more than one person
is permitted to enter a restroom stall, and that no person engages in any specified
sexual activity in the restroom. Restrooms shall not contain television monitors or
other motion picture or video projection, recording or reproduction equipment. The
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to an adult business that 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 and the general public.
G) The following additional requirements shall pertain to adult businesses providing
live entertainment.
(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
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stage while the stage is occupied by a performer. No performer shall be within
six (6) feet of a patron, measured horizontally, while the performer is performing
live entertainment.
(2) The adult business shall provide separate dressing room facilities for
performers which are exclusively dedicated to the performers' use. Separate
dressing rooms shall be provided for male and female performers.
(3) The adult business shall provide an entrance/exit for performers that is
separate from the entrance/exit used by patrons. The performers shall use the
separate entrance/exit.
(4) The adult business shall provide access for performers between the stage
and the dressing rooms that is completely separated from the patrons. If such
separate access is not physically feasible, the adult business shall provide a
minimum three (3) foot wide walk aisle for performers between the dressing room
area and the stage, with a railing, fence or other barrier separating the patrons and
the performers which prevents any physical contact between patrons and
performers.
(5) While on the premises of the adult business, no performer shall have
physical contact with a patron and no patron shall have physical contact with a
performer, which physical contact involves the touching of the clothed or
unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, cleft of the buttocks, perineum, anal
region, or female breast with any part or area of any other person's body either
before or after any performance of any form of live entertainment by such
performer. Patrons shall be advised of the no touching requirements by signs and,
if necessary, by employees, independent contractors, or performers of the
establishment. This prohibition does not extend to incidental touching.
(6) Fixed rail(s) at least thirty (30) inches in height shall be maintained
establishing the separations between performers and patrons required by this
subsection.
Sec. 2A.3. Locational regulations.
(a) No person shall establish or cause or permit to be established an adult business
premises within one thousand (1000) feet of another adult business premises, within
one thousand (1000) feet of any school, public park or recreation area, or public
building with programs for minors, or within one thousand (1000) feet of any
residential zone or religious institution.
(b) Any adult business lawfully established and lawfully operating under the Zoning
Ordinance and Gilroy City Code is not in violation of these regulations by the
subsequent establishment of a school, public park or recreation area, public building
with programs for minors, residential zone, or religious institution within the
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respective distances specified above for each type of use. This provision applies only
to the renewal of a valid use permit or adult business permit and does not apply when
an application for a use permit or adult business permit is submitted after such permit
has expired or has been revoked.
(c) Distance between any two (2) adult business premises shall be measured in a
straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest
entrance of an adult business premises to the nearest entrance of the second adult
business premises. The distance between any adult business premises and any
religious institution, school, public park or recreation area, public building with
programs for minors or residential zone shall also be measured in a straight line,
without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest entrance of the
adult business premises to the nearest property line of a religious institution, school,
public park or recreation area, public building or residential zone.
Sec. 2A.4. Regulation of viewing booths.
(a) A person who establishes, causes to be established, operates or causes to be
operated one or more viewing booths shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) The application for a permit shall be accompanied by an accurately scaled
diagram of the premises showing a plan thereof specifying the location of one or
more manager's stations, the location of all overhead lighting fixtures and
designating any portion of the premises in which patrons will not be permitted. A
manager's station may not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet of floor area with no
dimension greater than eight (8) feet. The chief of police may waive the
requirement to submit the foregoing diagram for renewal applications if the
applicant adopts a diagram that was previously submitted and certifies that the
configuration of the premises has not been altered since it was prepared.
(2) No alteration in the configuration or location of a manager's station may be
made without the prior approval of the chief of police.
(3) It is the duty of the owners and operator of the premises to insure that at least
one employee is on duty and situated at each manager's station at all times that
any patron is present inside the premises.
(4) The interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner that there is
an unobstructed view from a manager's station of every area of the premises to
which any patron is permitted access for any purpose, including the entrance to
each viewing booth, but excluding restrooms. Restrooms may not contain video
reproduction equipment. If the premises has two (2) or more manager's stations
designated, then the interior of the premises shall be configured in such a manner
that there is an unobstructed view of each area of the premises to which any
patron is permitted access for any purpose from at least one of the manager's
stations. The view required in this subsection must be by direct line of sight from
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the manager's station. However, in lieu of direct view from the manager's station,
an alternative system of monitoring and controlling the conduct of customers may
be established if agreed to by the chief of police. The decision whether or not to
allow the establishment of such an alternative system will be within the sole
discretion of the chief of police.
(5) It shall be the duty of the owners and operator, and it shall also be the duty of
any agents and employees present on the premises to insure that the view area
specified above remain unobstructed by any doors, walls, merchandise, display
racks or other adult material at all times and to insure that no patron is permitted
access to any area of the premises which has been designated as an area in which
patrons will not be permitted in the application filed pursuant to this chapter.
(6) No viewing booth may be occupied by more than one person at anyone time.
No viewing booth shall be fully enclosed or have a door.
(7) 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 two (2.0) foot candles as measured at the floor level.
(8) It shall be the duty of the owners and operator and it shall also be the duty of
any agents and employees present on the premises to insure that the illumination
described above is maintained at all times that any patron is present on the
premIses.
(9) It shall be the duty of the owners and operator, and of every person in charge
of the business premises, and the duty of any agents and employees present on the
premises, to maintain the walls or partitions between booths in good repair at all
times, with no holes between any two booths such as would allow viewing from
one booth into another or such as to allow physical contact of any kind between
the occupants of any two (2) such booths; provided, however, that if the
configuration approved by the city permits an opening between the floor and the
bottom portion of any such wall or partition, or between the ceiling and the top
portion of any such wall or partition, it shall be sufficient compliance if the entire
wall or partition, as approved by the city, is maintained in good condition and
repair, without holes or other openings in such wall or partition which would
permit viewing or physical contact between occupants of adjacent booths.
(10) It shall be the duty of the owners and operator, and of every person in
charge of the business premises, and the duty of any agents and employees, to
prevent customers or visitors from loitering, standing idly by in the vicinity of any
such viewing booths, or from remaining in the common area of such business,
other than the restrooms, who are not then actively engaged in shopping for or
viewing the products available on display for purchase or viewing; all such
owners, operators, persons in charge, and their agents and employees shall have
the duty to have posted and keep posted in prominent places in and near the
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viewing booths, signs prohibiting loitering, and shall be responsible for
enforcement of such prohibitions.
Sec. 2A.5. Access and control provision.
(a) The operator shall not permit any doors on the premises to be locked during
business hours and, in addition, the operator shall be responsible to see that any room
or area on the premises shall be readily accessible at all times and shall be open to
view in its entirety for inspection by any law enforcement officer and!or code
inspection officer and!or employee of a city agency.
(b) All building openings, entries, and windows for an adult business shall be
located, covered, or screened in such a manner as to prevent a view into the interior of
the adult business from any area open to the general public.
(c) No loudspeakers or sound equipment shall be used by an adult business for the
amplification of sound to a level discernable by the public beyond the walls of the
building in which the adult business is conducted.
(d) All exterior areas of an adult business, including buildings, landscaping, and
parking areas, shall be maintained in a clean and orderly manner.
Sec.2A.6. On-site manager.
All adult businesses shall have a responsible person on the premises to act as manager at
all times during which the business is open.
Sec.2A.7. Hours of operation.
(a) No operator of an adult business shall allow such adult business to remain open
for business, or permit any employee to engage in a performance, solicit a
performance, make a sale, solicit a sale, provide a service, or solicit a service,
between the hours of 1 :00 am. and 8:00 a.m. of any particular day, or in violation of
the hours of operation specified in the use permit.
(b) No employee of an adult business shall engage in a performance, solicit a
performance, make a sale, solicit a sale, provide a service, or solicit a service,
between the hours of 1 :00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. of any particular day, or in violation of
the hours of operation specified in the use permit.
(c) The hours of operation set forth in this section may be restricted by a condition
of the use permit.
Sec. 2A.8. Permit requirements.
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(a) No adult business may be established within the city by right. All persons
wishing to establish an adult business within the city must apply for and receive an
adult business permit and comply with all other city ordinances and regulations.
(b) It is the burden of the applicant to supply evidence to justify the grant of a
permit.
(c) Any person desiring to operate an adult business within the city shall file with
the chief of police, or his designee, a permit application on a standard application
form supplied by the city.
(d) It shall be an affirmative and ongoing obligation of the applicant to update and
keep current the information contained in the application for a permit. It shall be
grounds for revocation of the permit if an applicant fails to update the information in
a timely manner.
(e) In addition to the requirements set forth in this chapter, a permit shall not become
effective until such time as the applicant receives a use permit in accordance with the
provisions of the Zoning Ordinance.
Sec. 2A.9. Permit--contents of application.
(a) The applicant shall be the operator of the proposed adult business. All
information submitted shall be sworn to be true and correct by the applicant.
(b) The application shall include the applicant's current mailing address, and name
and phone number of the person who is responsible for providing access to the
proposed use for inspection purposes.
(c) The application shall list the legal form of the applicant; e.g., individual,
partnership, corporation:
(1) If the applicant is an individual, the application shall list his or her legal
name, any aliases and date of birth; and
(2) If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall list the full and
complete name of the partnership, the legal names of all partners, dates of birth,
and all aliases used by all of the partners, and whether the partnership is general
or limited; and
(3) If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall list the full and
complete corporate name, the date and state of its incorporation, evidence that the
corporation is in good standing, the legal names, dates of birth, and all aliases
used by all, and the capacity of, all officers, directors and principal stockholders
(i.e., all stockholders with ten (10) percent or more of all outstanding shares), and
the name and address of the registered office or agent for service of process.
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(4) The applicant and all persons who must furnish a date of birth in the
application shall furnish satisfactory proof of age.
(d) The application shall list whether, preceding the date of application, the applicant
or any of the persons required to be identified pursuant to this section, has:
(1) Had a previous permit under this chapter revoked, as well as the date of such
revocation, and
(2) Been a partner in a partnership or an officer, director or principal stockholder
of a corporation whose permit under this chapter has been revoked, as well as the
date of the revocation.
(e) The application shall include the address of the proposed site, including the
assessor's parcel number and the complete legal description of the property.
(f) The application shall include a detailed description of the proposed adult
business, including reference to definitions in this chapter.
(g) The application shall include a plot plan drawn to scale indicating all structures,
existing or proposed, parking areas, landscaping, walls, driveways and curb-cuts,
signs, topographical features, and any other pertinent items necessary to make a
permit determination under this chapter. If the proposed adult business includes
viewing booths, the application shall include a diagram to comply with the
requirements of section 2AA.
(h) The applicant and all persons required to be identified pursuant to this section
shall submit to fingerprinting for background checking purposes by the city's police
department.
(i) The applicant shall submit information on any criminal convictions for
background checking purposes by the city's police department.
Sec. 2A.I0. Permit--Application fee.
The city council, by resolution, shall set a reasonable, nonrefundable application fee for a
permit. The fee shall not exceed the reasonable estimated costs of the city to process the
permit application.
Sec.2A.H. Permit--Time to grant or deny.
(a) The chief of police shall grant, conditionally grant or deny an application for a
permit within thirty (30) days from the date the application for the permit is deemed
to be complete.
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(b) Within fifteen (15) business days from the date the application is date-stamped
received by the police department, the chief of police, or his designee, shall determine
if the application is complete and in full conformance with the requirements for the
contents of an application as set forth in this chapter. If the application is deemed
incomplete, the police chief shall notify the applicant in writing of its deficiencies.
Sec. 2A.12. Permit--Grant or denial.
( a) The chief of police shall not issue a permit if he makes any of the following
findings:
(1) An applicant is under twenty-one (21) years of age.
(2) An applicant or an applicant's spouse is overdue on his payment to the city of
taxes, fees, fines, or penalties assessed against him/her or imposed upon him/her
in relation to an adult business.
(3) An applicant has failed to provide information required by this chapter or the
permit application for the issuance of the permit or has falsely answered a
question or request for information on the application form.
(4) The required application or permit fees have not been paid.
(5) The proposed location is in violation of, or is not in compliance with, any of
the provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, the locational
requirements for an adult business under this chapter.
(6) The granting of the application would violate a city or county, state or federal
statute, ordinance, regulation or court order.
(7) An applicant has had a permit under this chapter or a use permit for an adult
business revoked within the preceding twelve (12) months.
(8) An applicant has been convicted of a violation of any provision of this
chapter within the preceding twenty-four (24) months.
(9) An applicant has been convicted of at least one of the specified criminal acts
as defined in this chapter for which:
a. Less than two (2) years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the
date of release from confinement, whichever is the later date, if the conviction
is of a misdemeanor offense for the specified criminal act;
b. Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the
date of release from confinement, whichever is the later date, if the conviction
is of a felony offense for the specified criminal act;
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c. Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the
date of release from confmement, whichever is the later date, if the
convictions are of two (2) or more misdemeanors for the specified criminal
acts occurring within any twenty-four (24) month period;
(10) The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on
disqualification of the applicant. An applicant who has been convicted of
specified criminal acts may qualify for a permit only when the time period
required above has elapsed.
(b) If the police chief disapproves the application, within five (5) business days of
his decision he shall mail to the applicant a notice of his action stating the reasons the
application was denied.
Sec. 2A.13. Permit denial--Appeal.
(a) An applicant may appeal a denial of a permit to the city council by filing with the
city clerk a request for appeal within ten (10) days after the date of mailing of notice
by the chief of police that the permit was denied. The request for appeal shall be in
writing and set forth the grounds for the appeal. The city clerk shall set the matter for
a public hearing at the fIrst available regularly scheduled meeting of the city council,
not less than two (2) weeks nor later than thirty (30) days after the filing of the
appeal.
(b) The city council shall not be bound by formal rules of evidence at the public
hearing.
(c) The city council shall make its decision on the permit not later than the next
regularly scheduled meeting.
(d) Within ten (10) days after the decision of the city council, notice of the decision
and a copy of the findings shall be mailed to the applicant and to any other person
who has filed a written request for such notification.
Sec.2A.14. Revocation of permit.
(a) Any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be revoked by
the city on the basis of finding a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. A
permit shall only be revoked in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
section.
(b) The chief of police shall report all facts and information relating to the alleged
violation( s) of this chapter to the city administrator who shall set the matter for a
public hearing at the first available regularly scheduled meeting of the city council
not less than two (2) weeks nor later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the report.
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(c) The city council shall revoke a permit if it makes one or more of following
findings:
(1) A permittee or agent gave false or misleading information in the material
submitted during the application process that tended to enhance the applicant's
opportunity for obtaining a permit.
(2) A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of
controlled substances on the premises.
(3) A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution or other
specified criminal acts on the premises.
(4) A permittee or employee has been convicted of a specified criminal act for
which the time period required in this chapter has not elapsed. The fact that a
conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the permit.
Should all such convictions be finally overturned on appeal, however, the permit
shall be automatically reinstated. The term of a reinstated permit shall be the
amount of time the permit would have remained in effect but for the revocation. A
reinstated permit shall remain subject to all provisions of this section.
(5) A permittee is convicted of tax violations related to an adult business.
(6) A permittee or an employee has knowingly permitted a violation of any
Gilroy ordinance or state or federal law that regulates adult businesses or the
harmful secondary effects sought to be avoided by this chapter.
(7) The business or activity has been conducted in a manner which violates one
or more of the conditions imposed upon the issuance of the permit or which fails
to conform to the plans and procedures described in the application.
(8) The permittee has failed to obtain or maintain all required city, county, and
state licenses and permits.
(9) The permit is being used to conduct an activity different from that for which
it was issued.
(10) The permitted business creates sound levels which violate the noise control
ordinance of the city; or
(11) The adult business for which the permit was granted has ceased to operate
for three (3) months or more.
(12) The permittee has directly or indirectly attempted to transfer the permit
without complying with the regulations for transfer of a permit.
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(13) The permittee has completed a transfer of ownership or control of an adult
business without complying with this chapter.
(d) Written notice of hearing on the proposed permit revocation, together with
written notification of the specific grounds of complaint against the permittee shall be
personally delivered or sent by certified mail to the address on the permittee's
application for the permit at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing.
(e) The city council shall hold a public hearing on the revocation. The city council
shall not be bound by formal rules of evidence at the hearing.
(f) The city council shall make its decision on the permit within thirty (30) days of
the conclusion of the public hearing.
(g) The city council shall revoke, not revoke, or not revoke but add additional
conditions to, the permittee's permit. The city council's action shall be final and
conclusive.
(h) Within ten (10) days after the decision of the city council, notice of the decision
and a copy of the fmdings shall be mailed to the applicant and to any other person
who has filed a written request for such notification.
Sec.2A.16. Judicial review.
After a fmal decision of the city on a permit, the applicant or permittee or other person
having standing may seek prompt judicial review of such action in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 2A.17. Permit--Expiration.
(a) Any unrevoked permit issued pursuant to this chapter, shall, by its own terms,
expire no later than one (1) year after its issuance.
(b) Any permit approved pursuant to this chapter shall be effective on the later date
of the date of issuance or the date a valid use permit for the premises of the proposed
adult business is issued. The permit shall become null and void unless the proposed
adult business is established within three (3) months of the date the permit becomes
effective.
Sec. 2A.18. Transfer of permit.
(a) A permittee shall not operate an adult business under the authority of a permit at
any place other than the address designated in the application for permit.
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(b) A permittee shall not transfer his permit to another person unless and until such
other person satisfies the following requirements:
(1) Obtains an amendment to the permit from the chief of police which provides
that he is now the permittee, which amendment may be obtained only if he has
completed and properly filed an adult business permit application with the chief
of police, setting forth the information called for under this chapter in the
application; and
(2) Pays a transfer fee of the full amount of the annual permit fee set by this
chapter.
(c) No permit may be transferred after the chief of police has notified the permittee
in writing that suspension or revocation proceedings have been or will be brought
against the permittee.
(d) A permittee shall not transfer his permit to another location.
(e) Any attempt to transfer a permit either directly or indirectly in violation of this
chapter is hereby declared void and shall be grounds for revocation of the permit.
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Sec. 2A.19. Inspection.
An applicant or permittee shall permit representatives of the police department, planning
department, building department, the health department, the fire department, and!or any
other city or county agency to inspect the premises of an adult business for the purpose of
insuring compliance with all laws and regulations, at any time it is occupied or open for
business, regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for said business under
this chapter.
Sec. 2A.20. Prohibitions regarding minors and adult businesses.
(a) No person who operates or causes to be operated an adult business, regardless of
whether or not a permit has been issued for said business under this chapter, shall
knowingly or with reasonable cause to know, permit, suffer, or allow:
(1) Admittance of a person under eighteen (18) years of age to the business
premIses; or
(2) A person under eighteen (18) years of age to remain at the business premises;
or
(3) A person under eighteen (18) years of age to purchase goods or services at
the business or premises; or
(4) A person under eighteen (18) years of age to work at the business premises
as an employee.
(b) All entrances to an adult business shall be clearly and legibly posted by a notice
indicating that persons under eighteen (18) years of age are prohibited from entering
the premises.
Sec.2A.21. Advertising regulations.
(a) No person who operates or causes to be operated an adult business, regardless of
whether or not a permit has been issued for said business under this chapter, shall
advertise the presentation of any activity prohibited by any applicable state statute or
local ordinance.
(b) Advertisements, displays or other promotional material depicting or describing
specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities, or displaying instruments,
devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with specified
sexual activities shall not be shown or exhibited so as to be visible from areas outside
the adult business.
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Sec. 2A.22. Parking and entrance lighting.
All off-street parking areas and building entries serving the adult business shall be
illuminated during all hours of operation with a lighting system designed to provide a
minimum maintained horizontal illumination of greater than one (1) foot candle of light
on the parking surface and!or walkway. In the event the adult business shares its parking
with other businesses, this requirement shall only apply within a radius of one hundred
(100) feet from any entrance into the adult business.
Sec. 2A.23. Additional violations.
Permits for adult businesses shall be required and governed by the procedures and
policies specified in this chapter. In addition, any adult business shall be subject to the
following restrictions:
(1) No person shall establish, operate or cause to be operated an adult business,
regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for said business under this
chapter, if said person knows or should know that:
a. The business does not have a permit under this chapter for any applicable
classification.
b. The business has a permit which has been revoked.
c. The business does not have a currently valid use permit granted in accordance
with the Zoning Ordinance regulations governing adult businesses.
(2) No person shall establish, operate or cause to be operated an adult business
outside of the shopping center commercial district (C3).
(3) No person shall establish, operate or cause to be operated an adult business
within two hundred fifty (250) feet of any residential zone or religious institution; or
within one thousand (1,000) feet of any school, public park or recreation area, public
building with programs for minors, or other adult business.
(4) No person shall establish, operate, cause to be operated or permit the operation,
establishment, or maintenance of more than one adult business within the same
building, structure, or portion thereof, without complying with all applicable laws and
regulations, regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for said business or
businesses under this chapter.
(5) A person having a duty under this chapter commits a misdemeanor if he causes
or permits a violation of that duty.
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Sec. 2A.24. Conduct constituting a public nuisance and/or misdemeanor.
(a) The conduct of any adult business within the city in violation of any of the terms
of this chapter is hereby found and declared to be a public nuisance.
(b) It shall be unlawful and a person commits a misdemeanor if he violates any
provision of this chapter governing an adult business. Such violation shall be
punishable by a fme of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and!or thirty (30) days'
imprisonment.
Sec. 2A.25. Injunction.
A person who operates or causes to be operated an adult business without having a valid
permit is subject to a suit for injunction as well as prosecution for the criminal violation.
If such an injunction is issued, attorneys' fees and costs will be assessed at the discretion
of the court against the adult business.
SECTION II
Section 16.13-1 of the Gilroy City Code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION III
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this
Ordinance, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more
provision may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV
This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of the final
passage and adoption hereof. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner prescribed by law.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2010-04
PASSED AND ADOPTED TIDS 1st DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2010, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ARELLANO, BRACCO, DILLON,
GARTMAN, TUCKER, WOODWARD and
PINHEIRO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
APPROVED:
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ORDINANCE NO. 2010-04
I, SHA WNA FREELS, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the
attached Ordinance No. 2010-04 is an original ordinance, or true and correct copy of a City
ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council
held on the 1 st day of February, 2010, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of
the City of Gilroy this 3rd day of February, 2010.
Shawna Freels, CMC
City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
(Seal)