A. Sexually oriented businesses may be established and located only in accordance with the restrictions contained in (b) through (d) below.
B. Sexually oriented businesses may be established and located only in the "L-I" Light Industrial District and the "H-I" Heavy Industrial District.
C. No sexually oriented business may be established or located within 500 feet of:
1. A church, synagogue, mosque, temple or building which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities;
2. A public or private educational facility including but not limited to child day care facilities, nursery schools, preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, private schools, intermediate schools, junior high schools, middle schools, high schools, and secondary schools; school includes the school grounds, but does not include facilities used primarily for another purpose and only incidentally as a school;
3. A structure devoted to a residential use, land zoned for residential use, or residential uses permitted pursuant to a conditional use permit or as lawful prior nonconforming uses;
4. A public park or recreational area which has been designated for park or recreational activities including but not limited to a park, playground, nature trails, swimming pool, reservoir, athletic field, basketball or tennis courts, pedestrian/bicycle paths, wilderness areas, miniature golf course, or other similar family recreation area, and other similarly used publicly-owned land within the City under the control, operation, or management of either the City park and recreation authorities or which is operated or managed by the Lorain County MetroParks; or
5. A licensed premises, licensed pursuant to the alcoholic beverage control regulations of the State of Ohio.
D. For the purpose of division C. of this section, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to the intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the lot upon which any building or structure is used as a sexually oriented business, to the nearest portion of the lot upon which is conducted a use listed in division C.
(Ord. 2007-38. Passed 5-7-07.)