Pawn shops shall be subject to the following standards and regulations:
(A) Location near religious institutions, schools, residential districts:
(1) In the development, enforcement, and amendment of this LDC, it is recognized that there are uses and accessory uses which, because of their nature, are recognized as having serious objectionable characteristics, particularly when several of them are business and residential areas. Specific regulation of these uses is necessary to ensure that these adverse effects will not contribute to the blighting and downgrading of the surrounding neighborhood.
(2) Pawn shops set forth in this section, shall not be located nearer than 1,000 feet to the same or any other designated use, an establishment at which alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, or to any religious institutions, or public, private or parochial kindergarten, nursery, elementary, middle, or high school, or day care center. Measurement of 1,000 feet shall be made in accordance with division (A)(4) of this section.
(3) It shall be unlawful hereafter to establish any pawn shop within the corporate limits of the city if the proposed location is within 500 feet of a residentially zoned district.
(4) For the purposes of this LDC, a designated use or proposed designated use shall be deemed to be within 1,000 feet or 500 feet of another designated use or an establishment at which alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, church, school, real property, residence, business, or residentially zoned district, respectively, as defined or described herein, if any part of the building in which, or lot of land upon which, a designated use is located, is within 1,000 feet or 500 feet, as measured by an actual or imaginary straight line upon the ground or in the air, of any part of the building in which, or lot of land upon which, another designated use or an establishment at which alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, a church, school, real property, residence, business, or residentially zoned district respectively, is located.
(Ord. 2021-02, adopted 3-17-21; sought to be reconsidered, Commission passed 4-21-2021)