(a) Sexually Oriented Businesses may be located only in accordance with the restrictions contained in subsections (b) through (h) hereof.
(b) Sexually Oriented Businesses may be located only in the MU District.
(c) No Sexually Oriented Business may be established on a lot which borders on or touches Main Street (SR 303), Locust Street (Akron-Peninsula Road), or Riverview Road.
(d) No Sexually Oriented Business may be established as follows:
(1) Within 800 feet of a church, synagogue, mosque, temple or building which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities;
(2) Within 800 feet of 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, vocational schools, secondary schools, continuation schools, special education schools, junior colleges and universities; schools includes the school grounds, but does not include facilities used primarily for another purpose and only incidentally as a school;
(3) Within 500 feet of a licensed premises, licensed pursuant to the alcoholic beverage control regulations of the State;
(4) Within 200 feet of a public park or recreation 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 or other similar public land within the Village which is under the control, operation or management of either the Village, MetroParks Serving Summit County, or the Cuyahoga Valley National Park; or
(5) Within 200 feet of the property line of a lot devoted to a residential use as defined in this Ordinance.
(e) No Sexually Oriented Business may be established, operated or enlarged within 200 feet of another Sexually Oriented Business.
(f) Not more than one Sexually Oriented Business shall be established or operated in the same building, structure or portion thereof, and the floor area of any Sexually Oriented Business in any building, structure or portion thereof containing another Sexually Oriented Business may not be increased.
(g) For the purpose of subsection (d) hereof, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as the part of the premises where a Sexually Oriented Business is conducted, to the nearest property line of the premises of a use listed in subsection (d) hereof.
(h) For the purpose of subsection (e) hereof, the distance between any two Sexually Oriented Businesses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the structure in which each business is conducted.
(Ord. 21-2020. Passed 12-14-20.)