Chapter 22.150, Sections 22.150.050 and 22.150.060
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 30%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Adult businesses must be located at least 250 feet from any residence or residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. zone, and at least 500 feet from churches, schools, and parks.
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Exterior lighting
The entire exterior grounds, including the parking lot, shall be lighted in such a manner that all areas are clearly visible at all times.
Noise
- Sound insulation
The premises within which the adult business is located shall provide sufficient sound-absorbing insulation so that sound generated inside said premises shall not be audible anywhere on any adjacent property or public right-of-way or within any other building or other separate space within the same building.
Other
- Hours of operation
The adult business shall not operate or be open between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
- Maximum landscaping heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.30 in
No landscaping shall exceed 30 inches in height, except trees with foliage not less than six feet above the ground.
- Minimum distance from churchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached.500 ft
Within 500 feet of any church, chapel or other publicly recognized place of worship
- Minimum distance from park500 ft
Within 500 feet of any park owned by a public entity
- Minimum distance from residence250 ft
Within 250 feet of any lot upon which there is located any residence
- Minimum distance from residential or agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. zone250 ft
Any property located in a Residential or Agricultural Zone
- Minimum distance from school500 ft
Within 500 feet of any public or private school (kindergarten through twelfth grade) or child care center
- No exterior doors or windows open
No exterior door or window on the premises shall be propped or kept open at any time during business hours, and any exterior windows shall be covered with opaque covering at all times.
- No temporary or portable structures
No adult business shall be located in any temporary or portable structure.
- Permanent barriers to screen interior
Permanent barriers shall be installed and maintained to screen the interior of the premises from public view for each door used as an entrance or exit to the business.
The adult business will not conduct any massage, acupuncture, tattooing, acupressure or escort services, and will not allow such activities on the premises.
- Security guard required
At least one security guard shall be on duty patrolling the premises at all times while the business is open. If the occupancy limit of the premises is greater than 50 persons, an additional security guard shall be on duty.
- Trash dumpsters enclosed
Trash dumpsters shall be enclosed by a screened enclosure and shall not be accessible to the public.
Signage
- Signage restrictions
Signage shall conform to the standards established for the zone and shall not contain sexually explicit photographs, silhouettes or other sexually explicit pictorial representations.
From the ordinance
No adult business shall be located within 250 feet of any lot upon which there is located any residence... and within 500 feet of any church, chapel or other publicly recognized place of worship...