(A) Location. Subject to all other local and state laws, an adult business may be located only in accordance with the following restrictions:
(1) An adult business may only be located in an M District;
(2) No such business shall be located on any lot fronting on Wooster Avenue;
(3) No such business shall be located within 1,000 feet of any residentially-zoned district or any residentially-used lot, public library, private or public elementary or secondary school, public park, or place of worship; and
(4) No such business shall be located within 1,000 feet of another adult business.
(B) Measurement to property lines. For the purpose of this section, 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 part of the premises where an adult business is conducted, to the nearest property line of the premises of a use set forth in division (A)(3) of this section.
(C) Measurement to other adult business. For the purpose of this section, measurement between two adult businesses shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the structure in which each business is located.
(D) Non-conforming status. An adult business lawfully operating as a conforming use is not rendered a non-conforming use by the subsequent location of a residentially-zoned district or any residentially-used lot, public library, private or public elementary or secondary school, public park, or place of worship within 1,000 feet of the adult business.
(E) Hours of operation. No adult business shall be open between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.
(F) Signs and advertising. Advertising, signs or any other exhibit depicting adult entertainment activities shall be arranged or screened to prevent public viewing from outside the building or premises. No outdoor loudspeakers or other outdoor sound equipment advertising or directing attention to an adult use is permitted.
(G) Limitations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or limit the display, sale, rental of descriptive, printed, film or video material or any live performance which, taken as a whole, contains serious literary, artistic, political, medical, educational or scientific value.
(Ord. O-38-2020, passed 12-14-2020)