Based on evidence concerning the adverse secondary effects of adult entertainment business on the community presented in open meetings before the City of Wickliffe Planning Commission and City Council, and studies of the Brookpark Road corridor conducted by the City of Brookpark, Ohio; findings incorporated in the case of the City of Renton v. Playtime Theaters, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1986); and on studies in other states including Indiana, Minnesota, and New York; and “The Report to The American Center for Law and Justice on the Secondary Impacts of Sex Oriented Businesses,” it is found that adult entertainment businesses, as defined herein, have a negative secondary impact on the health, safety and welfare of the community.
The regulation of these uses is necessary to insure that the detrimental effects will not contribute to the blighting, downgrading or other diminution of property values of the surrounding neighborhood. The primary purpose of these regulations is to prevent a concentration of these uses in any one area. Uses subject to these controls are:
(a) Adult book store;
(b) Adult motion picture theater;
(c) Adult peep show;
(d) Massage establishment; and
(e) Adult only entertainment establishments.
(Ord. 2003-34. Passed 6-23-03.)