1. Locations. No person, whether as principal or agent, clerk or employee, either for such person or any other person, or as an officer of any corporation, or otherwise, shall place, maintain, own, or operate any pawn shop businesses in the following locations.
A. In any residential area in the City, including upon any sidewalk abutting upon such residential area;
B. Within 1,000 feet of any residentially zoned or used property or any property designated on the City’s Comprehensive Plan as residentially oriented.
C. Within 1,000 feet of any parcel of real property upon which is located any of the following facilities:
(1) An elementary school, junior high school, or senior high school:
(2) A church which conducts religious programs;
(3) Park or recreational facilities operated and approved by the City, County, the Polk County Conservation Board, the State of Iowa, or a not-for-profit institution;
(4) Federal, State, County, City, or special district governmental offices;
(5) Supermarket or convenience market primarily engaged in the sale of food;
(6) Restaurant, fast-food, or food establishment catering to family trade.
D. Within 1,000 feet of any other pawn shop or delayed deposit service business, as defined in Section 124.01 and 167.06(4).
2. Measurement of Distance. The distance between any two pawn shops and/or delayed deposit services businesses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest exterior structural wall of each business. The distance between any pawn shop and delayed services businesses and any religious institution, school or public park, government office, supermarket, restaurant, or any property designated for residential use or used for residential purposes shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures, from the closest property line of the pawn shop or delayed deposit service business to the closest property line of the religious institution, school, public park, government office, supermarket, restaurant, or the property designated for residential use or used for residential purposes.
3. Restrictions. Visibility into the store shall be maintained by utilizing clear, transparent glass on all windows and doors and by keeping all windows free of obstructions for at least three (3) feet into the store. Products may be displayed for sale in the window provided that the display, including signage, does not occupy more than 30 percent of the window area. Interior and exterior bars, grills, mesh, or similar obstructions, whether permanently or temporarily affixed, shall not cover any exterior door or window.