This sexually-oriented business standards section applies to the following zoning district: LC. The intent of the sexually-oriented business standards is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the zoning jurisdiction of the city by regulating the proximity of sexually-oriented businesses to certain other current and future land uses. The following standards apply.
(A) Permits. Sexually-oriented businesses shall obtain an improvement location permit prior to establishing the business.
(B) Measurement rules. Separation distances shall be measured in a straight line from the closest points between property lines, without regard to intervening structures or objects.
(C) Separation. Sexually-oriented businesses shall have the following separation requirements.
(1) Similar businesses. Sexually-oriented businesses shall be separated from other sexually- oriented businesses by at least 1,000 feet.
(2) Residential districts. Sexually-oriented businesses shall be separated from residential zoning districts by at least 1,000 feet.
(3) Public gathering places. Sexually- oriented businesses shall be separated from schools, parks, playgrounds, libraries, places of worship, day care centers, government offices and similar public gathering places by at least 1,000 feet.
(D) Design. Parking:
(1) Parking lots shall not accommodate parking for semi tractor trailers; and
(2) Overnight parking shall not be permitted.
(Ord. 10-2010, passed - -2010, § 5.72)