Mamaroneck Village City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
Adult Use District
§ 342-108 Uses allowable with special permit; findings; intent.
A.
Adult uses, as hereinafter defined, shall be allowable in any M-1 Manufacturing District, subject to the approval procedure set forth in Article X, as well as any additional requirements set forth below, and subject to the licensing requirements of any other applicable local law.
B.
Purposes and considerations.
(1)
In the execution of this article, it is recognized that there are some uses which, due to their very nature, have serious objectionable characteristics. The objectionable characteristics of these uses are further heightened by their concentration in any one area, thereby having deleterious effects on adjacent areas. Special regulation of these uses is necessary to ensure that these adverse effects will not contribute to the blighting or downgrading of the surrounding neighborhoods or land uses.
(2)
It is further declared that the location of these uses in regard to areas where our youth may regularly assemble and the general atmosphere encompassing their operation is of great concern to the Village of Mamaroneck.
(3)
These special regulations are itemized in this article to accomplish the primary purposes of preventing a concentration of these uses in any one area and restricting their accessibility to minors.
§ 342-109 Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, other periodicals, films, slides and videotapes and which establishment is customarily not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
A drive-in theater that customarily presents motion pictures that is not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
A public or private establishment which presents topless dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or exotic dancers or other similar entertainments and which establishment is customarily not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
A motel which is not open to the public generally but excludes minors by reason of age or which makes available to its patrons in their rooms films, slide shows or videotapes which if presented in a public movie theater would not be open to the public generally but would exclude any minor by reason of age.
A theater that customarily presents motion pictures, films, videotapes or slide shows that is not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
A theater which presents material in the form of live shows, films or videotapes, viewed from an individual enclosure, for which a fee is charged and which is not open to the public generally but excludes any minor by reason of age.
§ 342-110 Restriction on location of adult uses.
The adult uses as defined in § 342-109 above are to be restricted as to location in the following manner in addition to any other requirements of this Code:
A.
Any of the above uses shall not be located within a five-hundred-foot radius of any area zoned for residential use.
B.
Any of the above uses shall not be located within a one-half-mile radius of another such use.
C.
Any of the above uses shall not be located within a five-hundred-foot radius of any school, church or other place of religious worship, park, playground or playing field.
§ 342-111 Conditions for waiver of restrictions.
The restrictions enumerated in § 342-110 above may be waived by the Board of Appeals if the applicant shows and the Board finds that the following conditions have been met, in addition to the general conditions contained in Article X of this chapter:
A.
The proposed use will not be contrary to the public interest or injurious to nearby properties and that the spirit and intent of this Article will be observed.
B.
The establishment of an additional use of this type in the area will not be contrary to any program of neighborhood conservation or improvement, either residential or nonresidential.
§ 342-112 Density of adult uses on lot.
No more than one of the adult uses as defined above shall be located on any lot.