Bellwood City Zoning Code
ADULT USES
§ 156.140 PROHIBITION.
§ 156.141 PERMITTED USE.
A use herein defined as an "adult use" in § 156.006 shall be allowed as a permitted use in any industrial district (I1 and 12) provided there is compliance with all general requirements and district requirements applicable to industrial districts generally (§§ 156.070 et seq.), and further provided that there is compliance with the conditions set forth in § 156.142.
(`95 Code, § 156.141) (Ord. 92-34, passed 12-16-92) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.142 CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS.
(A) No person under the age of 21 years shall be allowed on the premises where an adult use is conducted.
(B) During the hours of operation of an adult use, there shall be present a manager or other employee responsible for the operation of the premises who shall not be under the age of 21 years.
(C) No adult use shall be located on premises for which any license to sell alcoholic liquor has been issued.
(D) No adult use shall be located within 300 feet of any property on which a pre-existing public or private school, place of worship, park or public playground is located or within 300 feet of any property zoned for any residence district (R1, R2, R3 and R4) or for any business district (B1 and B2). Such distances shall be measured along a straight line without regard to intervening structures or uses from the nearest property line of the adult use to the nearest property line of such pre-existing use or property zoned as a residential district or business district.
(E) Any adult use establishment which contains booths for individual viewing of books, magazines, pictures, videos, motion pictures or the like shall have a least one side of the booth open for view to an adjacent public room. Partitions comprising the other walls of the booths shall be solid with no apertures.
(`95 Code, § 156.142) (Ord. 92-34, passed 12-16-92) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.143 EXISTING ADULT USES; NONCONFORMANCE AND ELIMINATION.
Any use of property, herein defined as an "adult use" in § 156.006 as of the effective date of this subchapter which shall become nonconforming under the terms, provisions, and regulations hereof may be continued subject to following schedule of elimination:
(A) Any adult use of property located in any residence district or in a B1 Community Shopping District shall be eliminated within four months of the effective date of this subchapter. Any request for extension not to exceed two months, shall be made before the Zoning Board of Appeals, and shall be granted only upon a showing of good cause and financial hardship.
(B) Any adult use of property located in any B2 Commercial Service District shall be eliminated within six months of the effective date of this subchapter. Any request for extension, not to exceed three months, shall be made before the Zoning Board of Appeals, and shall be granted only upon a showing of good cause and financial hardship.
(C) Any adult use of property located in an industrial district which is nonconforming under § 156.142(D) shall be eliminated within 12 months of the effective date of this subchapter, or shall come into full compliance within said period of time.
(`95 Code, § 156.143) (Ord. 92-34, passed 12-16-92) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.144 VIOLATIONS.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating an adult use within the village to fail to comply with the conditions and regulations set forth in this subchapter, or to suffer or permit noncompliance with such provisions.
(`95 Code, § 156.144) (Ord. 92-34, passed 12-16-92) Penalty, see § 156.999