(A) Any business lawfully operating on the effective date of this chapter that is in violation of the location or structural configuration requirements of this chapter shall be deemed a non-conforming use. The non-conforming use will be permitted to operate for a period not to exceed one year following the effective date of this chapter in order to make a reasonable recoupment of its investment in its current location. Such non-conforming uses shall not be increased, enlarged, extended or altered except that the use may be changed to a conforming use. If two or more sexually-oriented businesses are within 1,000 feet of one another and otherwise in a permissible location, the sexually oriented business that was first established and continually operated at a particular location is the conforming use and the later-established business(es) is non-conforming.
(B) A sexually-oriented business lawfully operating as a conforming use is not rendered a non-conforming use by the location, subsequent to the grant or renewal of the sexually-oriented business license, of a church, synagogue or regular place of religious worship, public or private elementary or secondary school, licensed day-care center, public park or residential district within 1,000 feet of the sexually-oriented business. This provision applies only to the renewal of a valid business license, and does not apply when an application for a business license is submitted after an operator’s license has expired or has been revoked.
(Ord. passed 9-1-2006) Penalty, see § 154.999