Scottsdale, Arizona- Time is running out for Zorba’s Adult Shop to fall into line with the city’s new rules on sexually oriented businesses. Tougher regulations that go into effect Sept. 9 will force the store to make drastic changes. The building housing Zorba’s, at 2924 N. Scottsdale Rd., apparently violates the law’s demands for unblocked sightlines to almost all parts of the establishment.

Compliance would take a serious renovation, perhaps to the point of gutting the 34-year-old establishment. There are ceiling-high racks of merchandise, smaller displays of DVDs and down a hallway is the store’s arcade, where patrons can watch X-rated movies in private.

But there’s no hint a deadline looms at Zorba’s, where the business of pleasure goes on uninterrupted 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The city’s Planning and Development Department has no permit requests for Zorba’s on file that would show pending interior work, and city officials said they haven’t been in contact with Zorba’s.

Neither Zorba’s owner, manager nor attorney returned numerous phone messages, so there’s no telling how the business will look in a month.

Scottsdale officials said they don’t care what is or isn’t happening at Zorba’s – for now.

“When the date comes when they’re supposed to be in compliance, we expect them to be in compliance,” city spokesman Pat Dodds said. “And we’ll go from there.”

The new law will require store managers to have unobstructed views of the entire building, bathrooms excepted. No “doors, curtains, walls, merchandise, display racks and other materials” can obstruct any part of the business. Also, all areas must be illuminated by light at least as powerful as a 40-watt bulb.

Failure to comply would be a class 1 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $20,000.

The mandated changes stem from the city’s crackdown against the three adult-themed businesses in Scottsdale: Zorba’s, and the strip clubs Babe’s Cabaret and Skin Cabaret.

After the law was passed, the strip clubs launched a successful referendum drive that will put the issue before the voters on Sept. 12. But the referendum doesn’t apply to the regulations that affect Zorba’s.