5.14.210 Regulations specifically applicable to adult arcades.
A. General. An adult arcade shall satisfy the zoning requirements contained in BMC Title 12, the general requirements in Part A of this chapter, the licensing requirements in Part B of this chapter, the general operational requirements in BMC 5.14.190, and the specific operational requirements applicable to adult arcades contained in this section.
B. Physical Layout.
1. Each viewing booth shall be visible from a manager’s station and shall not be obscured by any curtain, door, wall or other enclosure. As used in this section “viewing booth” means the area where a patron or customer would be positioned while watching a film, video or other photographic reproduction.
2. No steps or risers shall be allowed in any viewing booth.
3. No viewing booth shall have more than one stool or seat. In order to prevent obscuring the occupant of a viewing booth from view, no stool for seating within a viewing booth shall have any seat back or sides.
4. No viewing booth shall have any holes or openings in its walls other than ventilation holes. All ventilation holes shall be located one foot from the top of the booth walls or one foot from the bottom of the booth walls. All ventilation holes shall be covered with a permanently affixed ventilation cover.
C. Maintenance. All viewing booths shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
D. Lighting. A minimum lighting level of 30 lux semi-cylindrical measured at 30 inches from the floor or 10-foot centers shall be provided and equally distributed in and about the public portions of the adult arcade, including the viewing booths, so that all objects are plainly visible at all times.
E. Limit on Number of Persons Within a Viewing Booth. No licensee or employee shall knowingly permit more than one person to occupy a viewing booth at any given time.
F. Prohibited Activities. No licensee, manager, or employee shall knowingly permit a patron to perform any sexual activity specified in BMC 5.14.030(Z) or RCW 7.48A.010(2)(b) within a viewing booth.
G. Signs. At least two signs shall be conspicuously and permanently posted on the premises, printed in English and readable from 10 feet away by a person with 20/20 vision, stating the following:
THIS ADULT ARCADE IS REGULATED BY THE CITY OF BOTHELL. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PERFORM SEXUAL ACTS WITHIN A VIEWING BOOTH. IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO OCCUPY A VIEWING BOOTH AT ANY GIVEN TIME. VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
(Ord. 1698 § 3, 1997).