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Imperial Beach City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 19

60 ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESSES

§ 19.60.010 Allowed in C/MU-1 zone only.

A. 
The following described businesses shall only be permitted within the C/MU-1 zone:
1. 
Adult bookstores;
2. 
Adult motion picture theaters;
3. 
Adult mini-motion picture theaters;
4. 
Adult motion picture arcades;
5. 
Adult hotels or motels;
6. 
Model studios;
7. 
Sexual encounter studios and rap parlors.
B. 
The following described businesses shall only be permitted within the C/MU-1 zone, and shall require the approval of a conditional use permit:
1. 
Dance halls.
2. 
Cabarets.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884; Ord. 2012-1130 § 1)

§ 19.60.020 Establishment and location.

A. 
An adult-oriented business shall only be located in a C/MU-1 zone. It is unlawful to establish any such adultoriented business if the location is:
1. 
Within five hundred feet of any religious assembly, public school, park, or playground;
2. 
Within two hundred feet of any area that is denominated as an R-1-6000, R-1-3800, R-3000-D, R-3000, R-2000, or R-1500 zone, or any other area that is primarily residential in character, as evidenced by letter designation in the zoning law of the City;
3. 
Within five hundred feet of another adult-oriented business.
B. 
The establishment of any adult-oriented business shall include the opening of such a business as a new business, relocation of such business, or the conversion of an existing business location to any adult-oriented business use.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884; Ord. 2012-1130 § 1)

§ 19.60.030 Off-street parking.

Off-street parking shall be provided as set forth in Section 19.48.050, and parking areas shall be paved, striped and lighted.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)

§ 19.60.040 Lobby and entrance area.

Lobby and entrance areas shall be designed so as to minimize obstruction of sidewalks during operating hours.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)

§ 19.60.050 Signs and exterior.

No signs or other structures shall be placed, erected or used on the premises except as provided for in Chapter 19.52, and those only with the approval of the Planning Commission; nor shall the building be painted in garish colors or in such other fashion as will effectuate the same purpose as a sign(s), with colors which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are inconsistent with nearby properties.
(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)