(a) Sexually oriented businesses may be located only in accordance with the restrictions contained in (b) through (f) below.
(b) No sexually oriented business may be established within 500 feet of:
(1) A church, synagogue, mosque, temple or other building which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities;
(2) 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; school includes the school grounds, but does not include facilities used primarily for another purpose and only incidentally as a school;
(3) A public park or recreational 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 City which is under the control, operation, or management of either the City park and recreation authorities or which is operated or managed by the Cleveland MetroParks.
(c) No sexually oriented business may be established within 300 feet of:
(1) A boundary of a residential district as defined in the Development code;
(2) A structure that constitutes a lawful non-conforming residential use as defined in the zoning or Development Code.
(d) No sexually oriented business may be established in any building located in the Westwood Town Center.
(e) No sexually oriented business may be established, operated or enlarged within 1,000 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 shall not be increased.
(g) For the purpose of sub-section (b) of this Section, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to the 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 sub-section (b).
(h) For the purpose of sub-section (c) of this Section, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to the intervening structures or objects, from the nearest front entrance of the building or structure where a sexually oriented business is constructed, to the nearest property line of the premises of a use listed in sub-section (c). Provided, however, that:
(1) where the building or structure where a sexually oriented business is conducted has a minimum width of 400 linear feet without an opening in the building frontage that extends through the entire depth of the building, the building itself shall be considered to constitute an adequate buffer protecting those uses listed in subsection (c), located to the rear of said building, from the negative secondary effects associated with sexually oriented businesses, and
(2) for buildings that meet the minimum width requirement in (1) above, the 300 feet minimum distance requirement in subsection (c) is waived as to any measurements where a straight line between the two points being measured passes through said building.
(i) For purposes of sub-section (e) of this Section, the distance between any two sexually oriented businesses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to the intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the structure in which each business is located.