(a) No license shall be granted to a sweepstakes/internet cafe located within five hundred (500) feet from the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, public library, public playground, church, or religious institution.
(b) This section shall not apply to any sweepstakes/internet cafe locations in existence at the effective date of this chapter, and shall not apply to any duly licensed sweepstakes/internet cafe locations in existence at the time a school, public library or public playground moves within five hundred (500) feet of said sweepstakes/internet cafe. Any change in location will remove said sweepstakes/internet cafe from this exception. "Change in ownership" in the case of a partnership or corporation for the purpose of this section means more than fifty percent change in partners or shareholders from the partners or shareholders owning the partnership or corporation as of the date the school, public library, church, religious institution or public playground moves within five hundred (500) feet of said sweepstakes/internet cafe.
(c) The sweepstakes/internet cafe must comply with all zoning and other regulations of the City of Richmond Heights Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. 35-2011. Passed 8-9-11.)