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1 (7) The ADU is subject to rental licensing requirements of City Code. 2 3 (B) Adult Uses 4 (1) Purpose. The nature of adult uses is such that they are recognized as having adverse secondary 5 characteristics, particularly when they are accessible to minors and located near residential 6 property or related residential uses such as schools, day care centers, libraries or parks. 7 Furthermore, the concentration of adult uses has an adverse effect upon the use and enjoyment 8 of adjacent areas. The nature of adult uses requires that they not be allowed within certain 9 zoning districts, or within minimum distances from each other or residential uses. Special 10 regulation of adult uses is necessary to ensure that the adverse secondary effects would not 11 contribute or enhance criminal activity in the area of such uses nor will it contribute to the 12 blighting or downgrading of the surrounding property and lessening of its value. 13 (2) Generally. Adult uses as defined in this chapter shall be subject to the following general 14 provisions: 15 a. Activities classified as obscene are not permitted and are prohibited. 16 b. Adult uses,either principal or accessory,shall be prohibited from locating in any building 17 that is also utilized for residential purposes. 18 C. Adult uses, either principal or accessory, shall be prohibited from locating in any place 19 that is also used to dispense or consume alcoholic beverages. 20 d. An adult use that does not qualify as an accessory use pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of 21 this section, shall be classified as an adult use-principal. 22 (3) Adult uses -principal. 23 a. Adult use -principal shall be located at least 1,000 radial feet, as measured in a straight 24 line from the closest point of the property line of the building upon which the adult use- 25 principal is located to the property line of: 26 1. Residentially zoned property; 27 2. A licensed day care center; 28 3. A public or private educational facility classified as an elementary,junior high or 29 senior high; 30 4. A public library; 31 5. A public park; 32 6. Another adult use-principal; 33 7. An on-sale liquor establishment; or 34 8. Any religious organization. 35 b. No adult use-principal shall be located in the same building or upon the same property 36 as another adult use - principal. This limitation does not apply to any business or 37 establishment that contains more than one adult use - principal as of December 16, 38 1990; any such business or establishment that is required to terminate its location 39 pursuant to this section is not prohibited from operating the same adult uses-principal 40 that were in existence as of December 16, 1990, at any new location in the city where 41 adult uses -principal are otherwise lawful under this Code. 42 C. Adult use-principal shall adhere to the following signing regulations. 43 1. Sign messages shall be generic in nature and shall only identify the type of 44 business that is being conducted. 45 2. Sign messages shall not contain material classified as advertising. 46 3. Signs shall comply with the requirements of size and number for the district in 47 which they are located. 48 d. Adult use - principal shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight for its hours of 49 operation. A differing time schedule may be approved by the zoning administrator, 50 subject to council appeal, if it can be satisfactorily demonstrated by the operator to the 51 city that extended operational hours will: 52 1. Not adversely impact or affect uses or activities within 1,000 feet. Page 66 of 141