Sexually oriented businesses shall be permitted in any industrial district provided that:
(A) (1) The sexually oriented business may not be operated within:
(a) One thousand feet of a church, synagogue or regular place of religious worship;
(b) One thousand feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school;
(c) Five hundred feet of a boundary of any residential district;
(d) Five hundred feet of a public park;
(e) Five hundred feet of a licensed day-care facility with 9 or more children;
(f) One thousand feet of an entertainment business that is oriented primarily towards children or family entertainment; or
(g) One thousand feet of another sexually oriented business.
(2) All in accordance with a resolution of the Washington City Planning Commission passed December 9, 1998.
(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 Section III.
(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 2 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.
(Prior Code, § 157.13) (Ord. 32-98, passed 1-11-1999)