17.100.055 Supplemental standards for live entertainment uses.
(1) Use Requirements.
(a) Live entertainment is allowed as part of the following businesses in MB-I, MB-II, general commercial and light industrial zone districts under the establishment’s business license and subject to any conditions required for the business provided the entertainment use is limited as follows:
(i) Bars/lounges and taverns may provide live entertainment as an indoor accessory use;
(ii) Night clubs, meeting halls, health/athletic clubs and gymnasiums may provide live entertainment as an indoor primary or indoor accessory use;
(iii) Churches and restaurants may provide live entertainment as an indoor or outdoor accessory use.
(b) Schools in all zones may allow live entertainment as an indoor or outdoor accessory use subject to any conditions of the primary use.
(c) Live entertainment associated with all other occupancies and uses in all zones is allowed as a temporary use, subject to the requirements of SMC 17.100.080 (Temporary uses); provided, that the duration is limited to a maximum of four days with one three-day extension as provided in SMC 17.100.080(3)(e).
(2) Public Safety. The chief of police may evaluate the operation of a live entertainment venue upon application for business license and/or during operation of the venue, or upon complaint to determine whether a public safety plan is required. A police officer or officers may, at the discretion of the chief of police, be required to police a dance or other live entertainment event to provide security and/or traffic control. When required, the expense of additional security shall be borne by the applicant, and a public safety plan shall be approved by the chief of police.
(3) Hours Live Entertainment May Be Conducted. Live entertainment may be conducted or operated indoors between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on any day or night of the week and outdoors between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., except that when a live entertainment venue abuts or is located on the same parcel as a residential occupancy, outdoor entertainment shall end at 10:00 p.m.
(4) Conditions of Premises.
(a) Every building or other place used for music, live entertainment or public dancing shall be kept in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition; and
(b) All premises, corridors and stairways connected therewith shall at all times be open to the public and be fully lighted; and
(c) Indoor entertainment venues shall conduct the activity entirely inside the premises and shall provide adequate ventilation and/or air conditioning. Doors and windows shall remain closed.
(5) Indecent Entertainment/Adult Entertainment. No indecent dance or live entertainment event (as defined in Chapter 5.32 SMC) shall be given or carried on in any place within the city. All dance and entertainment uses shall be operated in compliance with Chapter 5.32 SMC, Sexually Oriented Businesses.
(6) Penalties for Violations. Violation of this section shall constitute a Class B infraction as defined in SMC 13.01.045(1) and subject the violator to enforcement as set forth therein. (Ord. 1267 § 12, 2010).