(A) (1) For the purpose of this subchapter, distance shall be measured as a straight line from the nearest portion of the building or structure in which a sexually oriented business is conducted, to the nearest property line of the use for which separation is required.
(2) Measurements shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects. No sexually oriented use shall be permitted adjacent to or within the same building as any of the uses set forth in this division (A), regardless of the total distance between the uses.
(B) Sexually oriented businesses shall not be established within 1,000 feet of the following uses:
(1) Another sexually oriented business;
(2) A religious institution or place of worship;
(3) A public or private elementary or secondary school;
(4) A public or private park or recreational area; or
(5) The property line of a lot devoted to a residential use.
(C) Sexually oriented businesses shall not be established within 1,500 feet of the boundary of any residential district.
(D) (1) Sexually oriented businesses shall not be established adjacent to or within the same block as the following uses:
(a) A library; and/or
(b) A day care center.
(2) A sexually oriented business lawfully operating as a conforming use is not rendered a nonconforming use by the establishment of any of the aforementioned uses subsequent to the granting of the approval for the sexually oriented business.
(Ord. 2014-26, passed 9- -2014) Penalty, see § 156.999