It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate sexually oriented businesses and related activities. To promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of the city. To establish reasonable and uniform regulations, while protecting speech activities under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution. To prevent the deleterious locations of sexually oriented businesses within the city.

The provisions of this chapter have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, including sexually oriented materials. Similarly, it is not the intent nor the effect of this chapter to restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented materials protected by the state or federal constitutions, or deny access by the distributors of sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market. Neither is it the intent or effect of this chapter to condone or legitimize the distributors of lewd and obscene materials. For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words are defined in Chapter 17.16 CRMC.

Adult arcade;

Adult bookstore, adult novelty store or adult video store;

Adult cabaret;

Adult motion picture theater;

Adult theater;

Nude/semi-nude model studio;

Adult motels/hotels.

All on-site parking areas and premises entries of sexually oriented businesses shall be illuminated from dusk until one hour past closing hours of operation with a lighting system which provides an average maintained horizontal illumination of one foot-candle of light on the parking surface and/or walkways. An on-premises exterior lighting plan shall be presented to the city building department for approval prior to the operation of any sexually oriented business.

All parking must be visible from the fronting street. Access to the exterior rear of the building shall be denied to any persons other than employees and public officials during the performance of their respective duties and tasks by means of fencing as approved by the city building department.