ENVIRONMENTAL NOTICES
PROJECT TITLE:
Municipal Code
Revisions for Adult Businesses
Case Manager:
Denver Miller
PROJECT
LOCATION:
The proposed
revisions to the Pasadena Municipal Code (PMC) would apply
City-wide; however, adult businesses are currently only allowed
in the City’s General Commercial (CG) zone and within the East
Pasadena Specific Plan and the East Colorado Specific Plan areas
where CG is the underlying designation.
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION:
The proposed project consists of revisions to the
Pasadena Municipal Code (PMC) regarding adult business. The
proposed revisions include the following:
Ø Modify
§ 17.50.030
of the Zoning
Code to change the required distance between adult uses and
sensitive uses, as well as between two adult uses (including an
adult use and an alcohol use);
Ø Modify
§ 17.50.030 to eliminate non-locational criteria and the Expressive
Use Permit requirement for adult businesses, making adult uses
permitted as of right subject to objective criteria (district and
setback requirements);
Ø Create
a new Municipal Code Chapter (5.45, subject to change) to
comprehensively regulate adult businesses as follows:
· Set
forth purpose and findings related to regulation of adult uses
· Set
forth updated definitions for adult uses and regulations related
thereto
· Set
forth licensing requirements and criteria (including being located
in a permitted location) for adult businesses and their employees
· Set
forth annual licensing fees for adult businesses and their employees
·
Provide for administrative inspections of the public areas of adult
businesses during business hours
· Set
forth standards for license suspensions and revocations
· Set
forth procedures for hearings related to license denials,
suspensions, and revocations
· Prescribe
hours of operation (similar to the present § 17.50.030)
· Prescribe
configuration and cleaning requirements for peep show booths
· Prescribe
no-loitering requirement and standards for exterior lighting and
monitoring
·
Prescribe penalties for violation
· Set
forth grace period for current adult businesses to meet interior
configuration requirements
· Detail
prohibited conduct, including:
o Prohibit
nudity on the premises of sexually oriented businesses
o Regulate
semi-nudity by requiring semi-nude conduct to occur on a stage at
least 6 feet removed from all patrons, in a room of at least 1,000
square feet, and within a direct line of sight from a fixed
manager’s station
o Prohibit
any person who regularly appears in a state of nudity
from touching a patron or the clothing of a patron
· Set
forth scienter requirement for violations of Chapter 5.45
· Provide
for severability
· Provide
for repeal of conflicting code provisions (see below)
· Establish
effective date
· Modify
Article 8 of the Zoning Code so that adult business
definitions comport with those in the new Chapter 5.45
· Eliminate
the following Code provisions because they would duplicate or
conflict with the new Chapter 5.45:
o
Chapter 5.52 (dealing with nude or semi-nude model studios)
o
Chapter 5.73 (dealing with picture arcades)
Documents
Available for Review:
Last Updated
11/16/2007
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