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Video stores that sell or otherwise distribute films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other visual representations which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, and less than 20 percent of their stock-in-trade or revenues comes from the rental or sale of such items shall be subject to the following regulations:

(1) All such items as are described above shall be physically segregated and closed off from other portions of the store such that these items are not visible and/or accessible from other portions of the store.

(2) No advertising for such items shall be posted or otherwise visible, except where such items are authorized for display.

(3) Signs readable at a distance of 20 feet shall be posted at the entrance to the area where such items are displayed stating that persons under the age of 18 are not allowed access to the area where such items are displayed.

(4) The manager or attendant shall take reasonable steps to monitor the area where such items are displayed to insure that persons under 18 years of age do not access the age-restricted area.

(5) Rental or sale of obscene material (as defined by state law) or material harmful to minors (as defined by state law) to persons under 18 years of age is prohibited.

(6) Employees of such video stores shall check identification of persons appearing to be 18 or under to insure that such items are not rented or sold to persons under the age of 18. (Ord. 1521 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023).