§ 3.30.120. Security Personnel and Control of Premises.

a.

It is the obligation of the owner, manager, licensee or responsible person and a condition of the license to maintain, at all times when the teen club or entertainment establishment is open for business, adequate security personnel for the premises of such business.

b.

It is the obligation of the owner, manager, licensee or responsible person of a teen club or entertainment establishment where dancing occurs, to maintain illumination in such entertainment establishment at a minimum level of one candle feet at a plane three feet above the dance floor.

c.

The owner, licensee, manager or responsible person shall provide for the orderly dispersal of patrons from the premises of the teen club or entertainment establishment at closing time, and shall prevent patrons from congregating or loitering on the premises of the teen club or entertainment establishment.

d.

The owner, licensee, manager or other responsible person shall be responsible to ensure that an adequate number of security personnel are employed and in attendance before, during and following each entertainment event as is necessary in order to maintain order and ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state and city laws and ordinances.

e.

There must be a person in charge of and responsible for security on duty at all times when the teen club or entertainment establishment is open to the public or when patrons are leaving the premises at closing time. Security personnel will remain on the premises for a period of not less than thirty minutes after the closing time of such establishment to direct the orderly dispersal of patrons from the premises of the establishment.

f.

The owner, licensee, manager or responsible party of a teen club or entertainment establishment is responsible to exercise appropriate control over its invitees on the premises for such purposes as preventing unnecessary noise, litter, trespass, loitering, property damage, traffic obstruction and similar activities which may constitute a nuisance.

g.

If the history of operation of a teen club or entertainment establishment shows inadequate control of litter, the health officer may impose appropriate regulations, including the posting of a bond, to ensure litter prevention or clean-up as a condition of continued validity of the existing license or of the issuance of a future license. Such decision may be appealed pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.30.100.

h.

One of the purposes of the security personnel requirement is to maintain the public peace and order on the premises of the teen club or entertainment establishment. The licensee is under a continuing obligation to take reasonable measures, including to call the police department, to curtail any conduct which is or threatens to be in violation of state or local laws or offensive to public health, decency and morality, or peace and order, including, without limitation, minors in possession of liquor or tobacco products, use or possession of controlled substances, crimes of violence and disorderly conduct. Failure to immediately notify law enforcement of criminal activity occurring on the licensed premises shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the license.

(Ord. No. 48-352, § 14, 3-23-09; Ord. No. 50-409, § 8, 1-17-17)