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SEC. 51-4.208.   RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT USES.
   Recreation and entertainment uses are subject to the following regulations:
      (1)   Public park or playground.
         (A)   Definition: Land planned, developed, or used for active or passive recreational use by the public that is owned or operated by a public agency for those purposes.
         (B)   Districts permitted: Residential districts; nonresidential districts except O-1.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: None.
         (D)   Required off-street loading: None.
      (2)   Game court center.
         (A)   Definition: A facility that contains a court for engaging in tennis, handball, racquetball, or similar physical activities.
         (B)   Districts permitted: MO, GO, SC, GR, LC, HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in LO and agricultural districts.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: Four spaces for each game court, plus one space for each additional 200 square feet of floor area, not including 400 square feet if it is used for exercise or observation rooms and also not including areas used for showers, steam, sauna, laundry, whirlpool, lockers, and lavatory rooms.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 10,000
NONE
10,000 to 50,000
1
50,000 to 100,000
2
Each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
         (E)   Additional provisions:
            (i)   This use is limited to game courts with a maximum of four participants.
      (3)   Private recreation club or area.
         (A)   Definition: An area providing private recreational facilities such as playgrounds, parks, swimming pools, and playing fields.
         (B)   Districts permitted: GO, SC, GR, LC, HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in residential, O-1, O-2, LO, NO, and NS districts.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: One space for each 100 square feet of floor area.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 10,000
NONE
10,000 to 60,000
1
Each additional 60,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
      (4)   Public golf course.
         (A)   Definition: A golf course open to the public.
         (B)   Districts permitted: NO, LO, MO, GO, GR, LC, HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in residential districts.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: Five spaces for each green.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 10,000
NONE
10,000 to 60,000
1
Each additional 60,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
      (5)   Country club with private membership.
         (A)   Definition: A private recreational club containing a golf course and a club house that is available only to the country club membership and their guests.
         (B)   Districts permitted: GO, GR, LC, HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in LO, MO, and residential districts.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: One space for each 150 square feet of floor area plus five spaces for each golf course green.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
            (i)   If the country club has a restaurant:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 5,000
NONE
5,000 to 25,000
1
25,000 to 50,000
2
Each additional 50,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
            (ii)   If no restaurant: None.
         (E)   Additional provisions:
            (i)   This use may contain a private bar, dining room, a swimming pool, and tennis courts and similar services and recreational facilities.
      (6)   Inside commercial amusement.
         (A)   Definition: A facility that offers entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee and that is wholly enclosed in a building, including but not limited to a bowling alley or billiard parlor.
         (B)   Districts permitted: SC, GR, LC, HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in GO and agricultural districts.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: One space for each 100 square feet of floor area. No special exception may be granted to the parking requirements for a dance hall.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 5,000
NONE
5,000 to 25,000
1
25,000 to 50,000
2
Each additional 50,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
      (7)   Outside commercial amusement.
         (A)   Definition: A facility offering entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee where any portion of the activity takes place outside, including, but not limited to a golf driving range, archery range, or miniature golf course.
         (B)   Districts permitted: LC, HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in A, SC, and GR districts.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: One space for each 200 square feet of floor area plus one space for each 400 square feet of site area exclusive of floor area and parking area.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 10,000
NONE
10,000 to 50,000
1
50,000 to 100,000
2
Each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
      (8)   Theatre.
         (A)   Definition: A facility for showing motion pictures or theatrical performances to an audience inside an enclosed structure.
         (B)   Districts permitted: Commercial, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in MF-3, MF-4, MO, and GO districts.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: One space for each four seats.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 10,000
NONE
10,000 to 50,000
1
50,000 to 100,000
2
Each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
      (9)   Drive-in theatre.
         (A)   Definition: A facility for showing motion pictures outdoors where the audience views the motion picture from automobiles or while seated outside.
         (B)   Districts permitted: HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in an agricultural district.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: A minimum of six parking spaces is required. The number of stacking spaces must equal 10 percent of the theatre’s stall capacity.
         (D)   Required off-street loading: None.
      (10)   Rodeo.
         (A)   Definition: A facility for public performances of rodeo events, including, but not limited to bronco riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and Brahma bull riding.
         (B)   Districts permitted: LC, HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in an agricultural district.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: One space for each three seats.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 10,000
NONE
10,000 to 50,000
1
50,000 to 100,000
2
Each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
      (11)   Fairgrounds.
         (A)   Definition: An outside area where a fair, circus, or exhibition is held.
         (B)   Districts permitted: LC, HC, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in an agricultural district.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: 25 spaces for each acre.
         (D)   Required off-street loading: None.
      (12)   Carnival or circus (temporary).
         (A)   Definition: A temporary traveling show or exhibition that has no permanent structure or installation.
         (B)   Districts permitted: Special authorization by the building official as approved in Resolution No. 65-1854.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: None.
         (D)   Required off-street loading: None.
      (13)   Wax museum.
         (A)   Definition: A commercial enterprise that displays wax figures of famous individuals and events for entertainment.
         (B)   District permitted: Commercial, central area, and industrial districts; specific use permit required in O-2 and GO districts.
         (C)   Required off-street parking: One space for each 100 square feet of floor area.
         (D)   Required off-street loading:
 
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN STRUCTURE
TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES OR BERTHS
0 to 10,000
NONE
10,000 to 50,000
1
50,000 to 100,000
2
Each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof
1 additional
 
(Ord. Nos. 16802; 18849; 27183; 27404; 28803)