Sec. 225.01

Noise from any establishment located within five hundred (500) feet of any residential or apartment district or use or hotel shall not be audible from outside the building in which such establishment is located or, where such establishments are located in a freestanding building, from any location not on the same lot, except when exits are opened to allow patrons, employees or other persons to exit.

Bars or nightclubs shall not be allowed as an accessory use in any zoning district.

No increase in the combined area of the dance floor and any other standing space shall be allowed without the approval of the city council if, after such increase, the combined area of the dance floor and other standing space exceeds fifteen (15) percent of the total floor area of the establishment.

Category VI landscaping shall be installed along any lot line adjoining a residential or apartment district without an intervening street, alley or body of water greater than fifty (50) feet in width. The fencing element of such landscaping shall not be less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height and shall be free from graffiti.

Operators of such establishments shall not allow loitering or congregations of individuals in the parking lot or other exterior portions of the premises, except for areas in which the consumption of alcoholic beverages is specifically permitted by the terms of the establishment's alcoholic beverage control license, and shall keep all entrance and exit doors closed at all times of operation, except when patrons, employees or other persons are actually entering or exiting the establishment.