3-8-4: LOCATION OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES:
The city’s zoning ordinance hereby requires that sexually oriented businesses shall be permitted only as provided in subsection 3-8-3A of this chapter, in which such use is listed as permissible. Permits for sexually oriented businesses shall be required and governed by the procedures and policies specified in this chapter. In addition, any sexually oriented business shall be subject to the following restrictions:
A. It is unlawful for a person to operate or cause to be operated a sexually oriented business except as provided in subsection 3-8-3A of this chapter. (Ord. 11-5-1999, 11-18-1999; amd. 2003 Code)
B. It is unlawful for a person to operate or cause to be operated a sexually oriented business within one thousand feet (1,000') of: 1) any religious institution; 2) any school; 3) a boys club, girls club, or similar existing youth organization; 4) a public park; 5) a public square; 6) a public building; 7) the boundary of any residential district or property zoned for residential use; and 8) a property line of a lot devoted to residential use. (Ord. 2017-04-002, 4-6-2017)
C. It is unlawful for a person to operate or cause to be operated a sexually oriented business within one thousand feet (1,000') of another such business, which will include, any adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, massage parlor, sexual encounter establishment, escort agency or seminude model studio.
D. It is unlawful for a person to cause or permit the operation, establishment or maintenance of more than one (1) sexually oriented business within the same building, structure or portion thereof, or to cause the “substantial enlargement of a sexually oriented business”1 in any building, structure or portion thereof containing another sexually oriented business.
1See definition at section 3-8-2 of this chapter.
(Ord. 11-5-1999, 11-18-1999; amd. 2003 Code)