ARTICLE 18. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND BUSINESS USES
18.1 Purpose and Intent
18.1 Purpose and Intent – The intent of this article is to regulate deleterious secondary effects of sexually oriented businesses by enacting regulations with the following purposes:
Control and attenuate criminal conduct;
Protect neighborhood property values;
Prevent or reduce town blight;
Protect and preserve public health;
Protect minors.
18.2 Site Plan Standards – The location, placement, and separation of sexually oriented businesses shall be established as follows:
18.2.1 Use Allowed – Sexually oriented businesses shall be allowed in the following zone(s): Commercial (Article 4 Chart of Uses: “C”).
18.2.2 Zoning District Boundary Setback – Sexually oriented businesses may not be located less than three hundred (300) feet from the boundary of any zoning district in which such use is not allowed.
18.2.3 Lot Setback – Sexually oriented businesses may not be located less than the following distances from lot(s) containing certain existing land uses:
18.2.3.1 School Setback – one thousand (1,000) feet
18.2.3.2 Church Setback – one thousand (1,000) feet
18.2.3.3 Nursery/Daycare Setback – two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet
18.2.3.4 Publicly Owned Structure Setback – five hundred (500) feet
18.2.3.5 Residential Uses Setback – five hundred (500) feet
18.2.3.6 Other Sexually Oriented Businesses Setback – seven hundred fifty (750) feet
18.3 Signs – Sexually oriented businesses may display sign(s) as follows:
18.3.1 Size – Sexually oriented businesses may display one advertising sign not to exceed twenty (20) square feet in area.
18.3.2 Content – Signs shall not include nudity, or include images or references to “specified sexual activities” whether actual or simulated, or “specified anatomical areas”, or instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with “specified sexual activities”.
18.4 Content Screening – “Specified sexual activities” or “specified anatomical areas”, including instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with “specified sexual activities” or their images, shall not be visible in any fashion whatsoever from the exterior of the building within which the business is located.
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