Sexually oriented businesses shall be permitted in any industrial district provided that:
(A) The sexually oriented business may not be operated within:
(1) 1,000 feet of a church, synagogue or regular place of religious worship;
(2) 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school;
(3) 500 feet of a boundary of any residential district;
(4) 500 feet of a public park;
(5) 500 feet of a licensed day-care facility with nine or more children;
(6) 1,000 feet of an entertainment business that is oriented primarily towards children or family entertainment; or
(7) 1,000 feet of another sexually oriented business.
(B) A sexually oriented business may not be operated in the same building, structure, or portion thereof, containing another sexually oriented business that is classified in accordance with § 118.02.
(C) For the purpose of this chapter, 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 a part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted, to the nearest property line of the premises of a church, synagogue, regular place of worship, or public or private elementary or secondary school, or to the nearest boundary of an affected public park, residential district, or residential lot, or licensed day care center, or child or family entertainment business.
(D) For purposes of division (C) of this section, the distance between any two sexually oriented business uses shall be measured 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.
(Ord. 14-99, passed 5-24-99)