§ 261-3 Chapter 261 Sexually Oriented Businesses

Permitted locations.

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A. Adult uses shall be a permitted use in any I-N Industrial District only, provided that:(1) An adult use may not be operated within 500 feet of:(a) A church, synagogue or regular place of worship.(b) A public or private elementary or secondary school or licensed child day-care center.(c) A boundary of any residence or residential zoning district.(d) A public park.(2) An adult use may not be operated within 1,000 feet of another adult use or the same lot or parcel of land.(3) An adult use may not be operated in the same building, structure or portion thereof containing another adult use.B. For the purposes of this chapter, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as part of the premises where an adult use is conducted to the nearest property line of the premises of a church or public or private elementary or secondary school or licensed child day-care center or to the nearest boundary of an affected public park, residential district or residential lot.C.

For the purposes of this chapter, the distance between any two adult uses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the structure in which each business is located.D. All adult uses shall be conducted in an enclosed building. Regardless of location or distance, no one who is passing by an enclosed building having a use governed by this chapter shall be able to visually see any specified anatomical area or any specified sexual activity by virtue of any display which depicts or shows said area or activity. This requirement shall apply to any display, decoration, sign, window or other opening.

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