4.16 Electronic gaming operation.

   (a)   See table of uses for allowed zoning districts.

   (b)   Hours of Operation. The business shall operate only on Monday through Saturday between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) and on Sunday between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight).

   (c)   This ordinance does not refer to or affect any uses conducted by the State of North Carolina and its official lottery.

   4.16.1 Location. The operation shall not be located closer than:

   (a)   Fifteen-hundred (1,500) feet from any residence or residential zoning district.

   (b)   Fifteen-hundred (1,500) feet from any church or other religious institution, day care center, public or private elementary or secondary educational school including technical schools, community college or university, governmental institutions, public park or playground, public library, cemetery, skating rink, video arcade, or motion picture theater which shows G or PG-rated movies to the general public on a regular basis.

   (c)   Fifteen-hundred (1,500) feet from any existing electronic gaming operation, tattoo or body piercing establishment, adult entertainment business or sexually oriented business.

   4.16.2 Maximum number of machines. No more than twenty (20) electronic gaming machines shall be permitted at any single electronic gaming operation facility.

(Ord. No. 2010-07, § 3, 5-4-10; Ord. No. 2020-10, 12-1-20)