(a) Adult businesses. No adult business shall be permitted in any building located within 1,000 feet in any direction from:
(1) A building used as a dwelling.
(2) A building in which an adult business or a sexually oriented business is located.
(3) A building used as a church, synagogue, or other house of worship.
(4) A building used as a public school or as a state-licensed day care center.
(5) Any lot or parcel on which a public playground, public swimming pool, or public park is located.
(b) Sexually oriented businesses. No sexually oriented business shall be permitted in any building located within 1,000 feet in any direction from:
(1) A building used as a dwelling.
(2) A building in which an adult business or a sexually oriented business is located.
(3) A building used as a church, synagogue, or other house of worship.
(4) A building used as a public school or as a state-licensed day care center.
(5) Any lot or parcel on which a public playground, public swimming pool, or public park is located.
(c) Nonconforming adult businesses and sexually oriented adult businesses. Any adult business or sexually oriented business lawfully operating on the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, that is in violation of this article shall be deemed a nonconforming use. Any use which is determined to be nonconforming by application of the provisions of this section shall be permitted to continue for a period not to exceed two years. Such nonconforming uses shall not be increased, enlarged, extended, or altered.
(Ord. of 6-5-1995, art. V)
State law reference—Adult entertainment, G.S. 14-202.10 et seq.