(a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Sexually-oriented business" means an adult arcade, adult bookstore or adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center.
(2) "Adult arcade" means any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically, electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by the depicting or describing of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."
(3) "Adult bookstore or adult video store" means a commercial establishment which utilizes twenty-five percent (25%) or more of its retail selling area for the purpose of sale or rental for any form of consideration any one or more of the following:
A. Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes or video reproductions, slides, or other visual representations which depict or describe "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas," or
B. Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with "specified sexual activities."
(4) "Adult cabaret" means a nightclub, bar, restaurant, or similar commercial establishment which regularly features:
A. Persons who appear in a state of nudity; or
B. Live performances which are characterized by the exposure of "specified anatomical areas" or by "specified sexual activities", or
C. Film, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."
(5) "Adult motion picture theater" means a commercial establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or similar photographic reproductions are regularly shown which are characterized by the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."
(6) "Adult motel" means a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment which:
A. Offers accommodations to the public for any form of consideration; provides patrons with closed circuit television transmissions, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas;" and has a sign visible from the public right of way which advertises the availability of this adult type of photographic reproductions; or
B. Offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time that is less than ten (10) hours; or
C. Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room, to sub-rent the room for a period of time that is less than ten (10) hours.
(7) "Adult theater" means a theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar commercial establishment which regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or live performances which are characterized by the exposure of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas."
(8) "Escort agency" means a person or business association which furnishes, offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts to one of its primary business purposes, for a fee, tip or other consideration.
(9) "Nude model studio" means any place where a person who appears in a state of nudity or displays "specified anatomical areas" is provided to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration.
(10) "Sexual encounter center" means a business or commercial enterprise that, as one of its primary business purposes, offers for any form of consideration:
A. Physical contact in the form of wrestling or tumbling between persons of the opposite sex; or
B. Activities between male and female persons and/or persons of the same sex when one or more of the persons is in a state of nudity or semi-nude.
(11) "Specified anatomical areas" means human genitals in a state of sexual arousal.
(12) "Specified sexual activities" means and includes any of the following:
A. The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts;
B. Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated including intercourse, oral copulation or sodomy;
C. Masturbation, actual or simulated; or
D. Excretory functions as part or in connection with any of the activities set forth in subsection (a)(12)A. to C.
(b) Sexually-oriented businesses shall be permitted only within the HB (Highway Business) District and then only if the Board of Zoning Appeals determines that each of the following conditions have been met:
(1) That the parcel of land upon which the sexually-oriented business is located at a minimum of 1,000 feet from the nearest parcel of land containing a pre-school, school, public park, public playground, church or residence;
(2) That the parcel of land upon which the sexually-oriented business is located is a minimum of 500 feet from any other parcel of land containing a sexually-oriented business;
(3) Section
1111.02
governing criteria for approval of conditional uses shall also apply to an application for a conditional use under this section.
(Ord. 78-96. Passed 9-3-96.)