Sec. 8-560. - Location of sexually oriented businesses.

(a)

No sexually oriented business may be located within 750 feet of:

(1)

A church;

(2)

A public or private elementary or secondary school;

(3)

A boundary of a residential district or residential or related use as defined in this article;

(4)

A public park;

(5)

A hospital.

(b)

A person commits an offense if that person causes or permits the operation, establishment, substantial enlargement, or transfer of ownership or control of a sexually oriented business within 500 feet of another sexually oriented business.

(c)

Person commits an offense if that person causes or permits the operation, establishment, or maintenance of more than one sexually oriented business in the same building, structure, or portion thereof or the increase of floor area of any sexually oriented business in any building, structure, or portion thereof contained another sexually oriented business.

(d)

For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as a part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted, to the nearest property line of the premises of a church, public or private elementary or secondary school, or hospital or to the nearest boundary of an affected public park, residential district, historic district, or residential lot.

(e)

For the purpose of subsection (b) of this section, the distance between any two sexually oriented businesses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the structure in which each business is located.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-439)