15.01 PURPOSE
The purpose of this ordinance is to provide for the particular needs of adult entertainment, while protecting children from the adverse impact of such uses.
15.02 LOCATION
Adult Entertainment Establishments may be located only in the following districts.
A. Agricultural District
B. Industrial District - one parcel of 80 acres-one owner-poor access
C. Commercial District- no sites meet the setback requirements at this time
15.03 PERMITTED USES
A. Adult Bookstore
B. Adult Cabaret
C. Adult Personal Service Establishment
D. Adult Motion Picture Theater
E. Massage Parlor
15.04 LOCATION RESTRICTIONS
A. No adult entertainment establishment may be established, operated or maintained within 500 feet of a PR,R-1, R-2 or R-3 residential zoning district, or 1,000 feet of an existing residence. The establishment must be located with a minimum 300 ft. setback from any road, and a minimum 100 ft. setback from the property line on either side and rear.

B. No adult entertainment establishments may be established, operated or maintained within 1,000 feet of a church, state licensed day care facility, public library, public park, public educational facilities serving persons age seventeen (17) or younger, an elementary school, or high school. The establishment must be located with a minimum 300 ft. setback from any road, and a minimum 100 ft. setback from the property line on either side and rear.

C. No adult entertainment establishments may be established, operated or maintained within 1,000 feet of any other adult entertainment establishments.

D. Distance limitations shall be measured in a straight line from the parcel or lot lines of both the subject parcel and parcels zoned residential or occupied by the uses specified above.

E. No merchandise or pictures of the products or entertainment on the premises shall be displayed in window areas or any areas where they can be viewed from a public street or sidewalk adjacent to the establishment.
15.05 DEFINITIONS
A. Adult Bookstore - An establishment that has a substantial portion of its stock-in-trade and offers for sale, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following: a) books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, movies, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other visual representations that are characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, or b) instruments, devices or paraphernalia designed for use as part of, or in connection with, specified sexual activities.
B. Adult Cabaret - A nightclub, bar, restaurant, lounge, dance hall, or similar establishment where, for any form of consideration, employees and/or entertainers provide patrons, guests or members with exposure to specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities, on a regular, irregular or special event basis.
C. Adult Personal Service Establishment - An establishment or business having as a substantial portion of its activities, one or more persons who for any form of consideration, while nude or partially nude, provide personal services for one or more other persons in a closed room consisting of actual or simulated specified sexual activities, or erotic modeling, rubs, body painting, wrestling, or theatrical performances which are characterized by, or include emphasis on, the display of specified anatomical areas.
D. Adult Motion Picture Theater - An establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videos, slides or other photographic reproductions are shown and in which a substantial portion of the total presentation is devoted to the showing of material characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities.
E. Massage Parlor - An establishment where persons conduct or permit to be conducted or engaged in, massages of the human body or parts thereof by means of pressure, imposed friction, stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or otherwise stimulating the same with hands or other parts of the human body, mechanical devices, creams, ointments, oils, alcohol or any other means of preparations to provide relaxation or enjoyment to the recipient.
F. Substantial Portion - Substantial portion means a use or activity accounting for more than five (5%) percent of any one or more of the following: stock-in-trade, display space, floor space, or viewing time, movie display time, or entertainment time measured per month.
G. Specified Anatomical Areas - Specified anatomical areas means and includes any one or more of the following: a) less than completely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areolae; or b) human male genitals in a discernible turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
H. Specified Sexual Activities - Specified sexual activities means and includes any one or more of the following: a) the fondling or erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts; b) human sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including but not limited to intercourse, oral copulation, and sodomy; c) human masturbation, actual or simulated; d) human excretory functions as part of, or as related to any of the activities described above; and e) physical violence, bondage, mutilation, or rape, actual or simulated, as part of or as related to, any of the activities described above.

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