Section 10-166. Distance and dispersal requirements.

(a) adult entertainment establishments are prohibited within the area circumscribed by a circle which has a radius consisting of the following distances from the specified uses or zones:

(1) Within 1,000 feet of any residential zone (R-1, R-2, R-3).

(2) Within 1,000 feet of any public or private school.

(3) Within 1,000 feet of any church or other religious facility or institution.

(4) Within 1,000 feet of any public park.

(5) Within 1,000 feet of any other adult entertainment establishment.

(b) The distances provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall be measured by following a straight line, without regard to intervening buildings, from the nearest point of the property parcel upon which the proposed use is to be located to the nearest point of the parcel of property or the land use district boundary line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.

(c) The distance and dispersal requirements of this section shall not apply to adult entertainment establishments existing and operating on the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived, but such establishments shall be deemed nonconforming. If any such nonconforming adult entertainment establishment voluntarily ceases to do business for a period of 15 consecutive days, it shall be deemed abandoned and thereafter shall not reopen except in conformance with this section.

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