5.14.030 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words are defined as follows:
A. “Adult arcade” means a commercial establishment containing individual viewing areas or booths, where, for any form of consideration, including a membership fee, one or more still or motion picture projectors, slide projectors, or other similar image producing machines are used to show films, motion pictures, video cassettes, DVDs, slides, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas.
B. “Adult cabaret” means a nightclub, bar, restaurant, tavern, or similar commercial establishment, whether or not alcoholic beverages are served, that regularly features adult entertainment.
C. “Adult entertainment” means:
1. Any exhibition, performance or dance conducted in an adult entertainment facility where such exhibition, performance or dance is distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas; or
2. Any exhibition, performance or dance intended to sexually stimulate any patron and conducted in an adult entertainment facility where such exhibition, performance or dance is performed for, arranged with, or engaged in with fewer than all patrons in the adult entertainment facility at that time, with separate consideration paid, either directly or indirectly, for such performance, exhibition or dance. For purposes of example and not limitation, such exhibitions, performances or dances are commonly referred to as table dancing, couch dancing, taxi dancing, lap dancing, private dancing or straddle dancing.
D. “Adult entertainment business license” means a license issued by the city clerk under this chapter to the owner or operator of an adult entertainment facility.
E. “Adult entertainment facility” means a commercial establishment defined herein as an adult arcade, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult retail establishment, or other adult entertainment facility.
F. “Adult motel” means a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment which:
1. Offers sleeping accommodations to the public for any form of consideration and provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas, and that has a sign visible from a public right-of-way that advertises the availability of this type of sexually-oriented materials; or
2. Offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time that is less than 10 hours; or
3. Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to sub-rent the room for a period of time that is less than 10 hours.
G. “Adult motion picture theater” means a commercial establishment or drive-in theater, where, for any form of consideration, motion pictures, films, video cassettes, DVDs, slides, or other similar visual representations are regularly shown that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas.
H. “Adult retail establishment” means a commercial establishment such as a bookstore, video store, or novelty shop in which any one or more of the following constitute more than 25 percent of the establishment’s stock-in-trade, for sale or rent, for any form of consideration:
1. Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed materials, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, DVDs, video games, computer games or software, slides, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas; or
2. Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia designed for use in connection with any specified sexual activities.
I. “Applicant” means a person or persons applying for a license under this chapter.
J. “City” means the city of Bothell, Washington.
K. “Employee” means any person, including a manager, assistant manager and entertainer, who works in or renders any services directly related to the operation of any adult entertainment facility, whether or not such person is paid compensation by the owner or operator of the adult entertainment facility. “Employee” includes independent contractors.
L. “Entertainer” means any person who provides live adult entertainment in an adult entertainment facility during which the person exposes any specified anatomical areas or performs any specified sexual activities, whether or not the person is an employee of the adult entertainment facility, and whether or not a fee is charged or accepted for such entertainment.
M. “Entertainer’s license” means a license issued by the city clerk under this chapter to an entertainer in an adult entertainment facility.
N. “Licensee” means a person or persons in whose name a license to operate an adult entertainment facility has been issued under this chapter, as well as the individual listed as an applicant on the application for a license, and in the case of a manager, assistant manager or entertainer, a person in whose name a license has been issued authorizing employment or entertainment in an adult entertainment facility.
O. “Manager” means any person who manages, directs, or administers the affairs or conduct of a portion of the activity within an adult entertainment facility, including assistant managers working with or under the direction of a manager to carry out such purposes.
P. “Manager’s license” means a license issued by the city clerk under this chapter to a manager or assistant manager of an adult entertainment facility.
Q. “Nude” means the appearance of less than complete and opaque covering of the human anus, human male genitals, human female genitals, or the areola or nipple of the human female breast. The opaque covering shall be made of material or fabric, but shall not include any liquid substance, including mud, water, lotion, whipping cream, or other similar substances that are easily broken down or removed and do not offer the covering intended for an opaque covering.
R. “Other adult entertainment facility” means any commercial establishment not defined herein where adult entertainment or sexually-oriented materials are regularly conducted, displayed, or available in any form, for any type of consideration and which represents more than 25 percent of the businesses’ stock-in-trade; provided, however, that a public library and a school, university, or similar educational or scientific facility shall not be considered an adult entertainment facility. In addition, a commercial establishment that offers access to telecommunications networks as its principal business purpose shall not be considered an adult entertainment facility unless the access is provided for the primary purpose of displaying or presenting materials or visual images that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas.
S. “Owner or operator” means any person who owns, operates, or has a significant interest in an adult entertainment facility.
T. “Person” means an individual, association, corporation, estate, firm, joint venture, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or other legal entity.
U. “Semi-nude” means a state of dress in which the clothing completely and opaquely covers no more than the genitals, pubic region, and areola and nipple of the female breast, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.
V. “Sexually-oriented materials” means any books, magazines, periodicals or other printed materials, or any photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, DVDs, video games, computer games or software, slides, or other visual representations that are distinguished or characterized by a predominant emphasis on matters depicting, describing, or simulating any specified sexual activities or any specified anatomical areas. The term “sexually-oriented materials” includes any instruments, devices, or paraphernalia designed for use in connection with any specified sexual activities.
W. “Significant interest” means principal responsibility for management or operation of an adult entertainment facility.
X. “Specified anatomical areas” means and includes any of the following:
1. The human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered; or
2. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, anus, buttocks, or female breast below the top of the areola.
Y. “Specified criminal offense” means a criminal violation of this chapter or similar ordinance from another city or county or an offense for prostitution or promotion of prostitution, sale or distribution of obscenity, sale or display of materials harmful to minors, public lewdness, indecent exposure, or transactions involving controlled substances (as that term is defined in Chapter 69.50 RCW) for which:
1. Less than two years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed for the conviction, whichever is later, if the conviction is of a misdemeanor offense; or
2. Less than five years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed for the conviction, whichever is later, if the conviction is of a felony offense; or
3. Less than five years have elapsed since the date of the last conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed for the last conviction, whichever is later, if the convictions are of two or more misdemeanor offenses occurring within a 24-month period.
Z. “Specified sexual activities” means and includes any of the following:
1. Acts of human masturbation, actual or simulated;
2. Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including sexual intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy;
3. Caressing, fondling, or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, anus, buttocks, or female breasts;
4. Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; or
5. Excretory functions as part of, or in connection with, any of the sexual activities specified in this definition. (Ord. 1979 § 2, 2007; Ord. 1698 § 3, 1997).