Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- residentially zoned properties, educational facilities, religious institutions, public parks, youth-oriented facilities, bars/taverns
- Applies within
- 500 ft
- Geographic extent
- Adult businesses are only allowed in the AP zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2., with distance requirements from sensitive uses.
Uses
Permitted by right1
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum age18 years
It shall be unlawful for any licensee, operator, or other person in charge of any adult business to allow to enter, or remain within the adult business, any person who is not at least eighteen years of age.
- Minimum distance from another adult business1,000 ft
No adult business may be established within one thousand feet of another adult business.
- Minimum distance from sensitive uses500 ft
No adult businesses shall be established within five hundred feet of residentially zoned properties, public or private educational facilities, religious institutions, public parks and public facilities, youth-oriented facilities, bars or taverns.
- Minimum security guards1 guards
Adult businesses featuring live entertainment shall provide at least one security guard at all times while the business is open. If the occupancy limit is greater than thirty-five persons, an additional security guard shall be on duty.
- Minimum stage heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.24 in
No person shall perform live entertainment for patrons of an adult business except upon a stage that is at least twenty-four inches above the level of the floor and which is separated by a distance of at least ten feet from the nearest area occupied by patrons.
- Opaque windows
No exterior door or window on the premises shall be propped or kept open at any time while the business is open, and any exterior windows shall be covered with opaque covering at all times.
- Separate restrooms
The adult business shall provide and maintain separate restroom facilities for male patrons and employees and female patrons and employees.
From the ordinance
All adult businesses as defined in this chapter shall be located in the airport (AP) zoning district only. Within the AP zoning district, no adult businesses shall be established within five hundred feet of the following uses... and within one thousand feet of another adult business.