A.

Adult use establishments shall be allowed in the existing commercial zone areas of the city upon the following conditions.

B.

Adult use establishments shall be prohibited within seven hundred fifty feet of any church or other religious facility or institution.

C.

Adult use establishments shall be prohibited within seven hundred fifty feet of any public or private school, technical school or training facility, which has twenty-five percent or more of their students under the age of eighteen.

D.

Adult use establishments shall be prohibited within seven hundred fifty feet of any other adult use business as defined in this code.

E.

Adult use establishments shall be prohibited within seven hundred fifty feet of a day care center.

F.

The distances provided in 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 adult use business exists or is proposed to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel of property or the zoning district boundary line from which the proposed adult use business is or is to be separated.

G.

Nothing within the locational requirements set forth in this section shall preclude an adult use establishment from conducting more than one adult use activity within a single structure, provided the adult use business shall comply with provisions of the ordinance codified in this section and all other city ordinances.

H.

All exterior signs advertising adult use establishments shall be in compliance with the regulations for such signs as set forth in the zoning requirements for the applicable zone; provided that said sings shall not contain any obscene language or other form of obscene communication.

I.

Nothing in this section is intended to authorize, legalize or permit the establishment, operation, or maintenance of any business, building or use which violates any city of Mabton ordinance or statute of the state of Washington regarding public nuisances, sexual conduct, lewdness, or obscene or harmful matter or the exhibition or public display thereof.

(Ord. 855 §1 (part), 2003)

Any person convicted of the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine or not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For any violation of continuing nature, each day's violation shall be considered a separate offense and shall be subject to the above penalties for each offense. In addition, any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is declared to be a public nuisance, per se, which may be abated by the city by way of civil abatement procedures.

(Ord. 855 §1 (part), 2003)

The invalidity of any article, section, subsection, provision, clause, or portion thereof, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this chapter or the validity of its application to her persons or circumstances.

(Ord. 855 §1 (part), 2003)