A. The regulations established herein are intended to ensure that the adverse effects created by adult entertainment establishments (hereinafter defined) are minimized and controlled so as not to cause or contribute to crime, increased blighting, or downgrading of adjacent property and the surrounding neighborhoods by restricting their proximity from pre-existing public and private schools, preschools, day care facilities, churches, synagogues, temples, other religious facilities, public parks, liquor establishments, and areas zoned or designated for residential use.
B. The regulations established herein are intended to protect and preserve the quality, property values, integrity and character of the Village's neighborhoods and commercial and business districts, deter the spread of urban blight, and protect the citizens of Bartlett from the adverse secondary effects of adult entertainment establishments.
C. It is the intent of this Chapter to minimize the secondary effects associated with adult entertainment establishments by placing reasonable restrictions on the location of such establishments within the Village. The provisions of this Chapter are not intended to impose a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, nor restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented materials protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, nor to deny access by distributors and exhibitors of sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market. (Ord. 96-4, 2-6-1996)