It is recognized that pawnbrokers and delayed deposit service facilities have certain objectionable side effects which render these facilities incompatible with residential, public, and family uses, when located close to or adjacent to such uses. This section seeks to ensure that pawnbrokers and delayed deposit services will be located in separate and compatible locations from residential, public, and family uses. It is a subject of legitimate concern for the city to use its zoning power to preserve the quality of life and protect the property values and economic vitality of its neighborhoods.
A. Location: No person, whether as principal or agent, clerk, or employee, either himself or any other person, or as an officer of any corporation, or otherwise, shall place, maintain, own or operate any pawnbroker or delayed deposit service business in the following locations:
1. In any zoning district other than C-2 commercial, M-1 light industrial, and M-2 heavy industrial.
2. Within one thousand feet (1,000') of any residentially zoned or used property, or any property designated on the city’s comprehensive plan as residential oriented.
3. Within one thousand feet (1,000') of any parcel of real property upon which is located any of the following facilities:
a. A children’s daycare, nursery school, preschool, elementary school, junior high school, senior high school.
b. A church which conducts religious programs.
c. Park or recreational facilities operated and improved by the city, Polk or Dallas County, the Polk or Dallas County conservation board or the state of Iowa.
d. Within one thousand feet (1,000') of any adult oriented business, pawnbroker or delayed deposit service facility.
B. Measurement Of Distance: The distance between any two (2) adult-oriented business, pawnbroker or delayed deposit service facilities shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest exterior structural wall of each business. The distance between any pawnbroker or delayed deposit service facilities and any daycare, school, church, public park, or any property designated for residential use or used for residential purposes shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest property line of the pawnbroker or delayed deposit service facility to the closest property line of any daycare, school, church, public park or any property designated for residential use or used for residential purposes.
C. Restrictions: Visibility into the store shall be maintained by utilizing clear, transparent glass on all windows and doors, and by keeping all windows free of obstructions for at least three feet (3') into the store. Product may be displayed for sale in the window provided that the display, including signage, does not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the window area. Interior and exterior bars, grills, mesh or similar obstructions, whether permanently or temporarily affixed, shall not cover any exterior door or window. (Ord. 1098, 1-28-2021)