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Oxford City Zoning Code

PART 14

ADULT USE REGULATIONS

§ 27-1401 Intent.

[Ord. 593, 4/8/1986]
Buildings and establishments operated as adult uses as defined by this chapter are determined to be detrimental and harmful to the health, safety, and general welfare of a community. Noted to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of the Borough of Oxford, this Part is intended to restrict adult uses to nonresidential, nonbusiness, and noncommercial areas of the Borough of Oxford and otherwise regulate their operation. Wherever the operational characteristics of adult uses increase the deleterious impact on a community when such uses are concentrated, this Part is intended to promote the health, safety, and general welfare and good order of the residents of the Borough of Oxford by regulating the concentration of such use to minimize the deleterious effect on the aesthetics and economics of the areas in which these uses are located.

§ 27-1402 Designation of Uses.

[Ord. 593, 4/8/1986; as amended by Ord. 841, 6/20/2011, § 1]
1. 
The following uses are designated as regulated adult uses and may be permitted when approved as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board under the terms of this Part 14:
A. 
Adult bookstores.
B. 
Adult mini-motion-picture theaters.
C. 
Adult motion-picture theaters.
D. 
Cabarets.
E. 
Massage parlors.
F. 
Drug paraphernalia stores.

§ 27-1403 Standards of Conduct.

[Ord. 593, 4/8/1986]
1. 
All regulated adult uses shall comply with the following standards:
A. 
Regulated adult uses shall be located a minimum of 1,000 feet from another existing regulated adult use.
B. 
Regulated uses shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from any residentially zoned district or any of the following residentially related uses:
(1) 
Churches, monasteries, chapels, synagogues, convents, rectories, religious article, or religious apparel stores.
(2) 
Schools up to and including the twelfth grade and their adjunct play areas.
(3) 
Public playgrounds, public swimming pools, public parks, and libraries.
C. 
No such regulated use shall be located in any zoning district except the I Industrial District.
D. 
For the purposes of this section, spacing distances measure as follows.
(1) 
From all property lines of any regulated use in § 27-1402 above.
(2) 
From the outward line of boundary of all residential zoning district.
(3) 
From all property lines of any residentially related use in Subsection 1B.

§ 27-1404 Signs and Other Visible Messages.

[Ord. 593, 4/8/1986]
1. 
All regulated adult uses shall be permitted signs and visible messages based on the available sign area of the zoning district in which they are located, provided that:
A. 
Signs.
(1) 
Sign messages shall be limited to verbal description of material or services available on the premises.
(2) 
Sign messages may not include any graphic or pictorial depiction of material or services available on the premises.
B. 
Other Visible Messages. Messages which are visible or intended to be visible from outside the property, such as on or within doors or windows, shall not display materials, items, publications, pictures, films, or printed material available on the premises, or pictures, films, or live presentations of persons performing or services offered on the premises.

§ 27-1405 Special Exception Requirements.

[Ord. 593, 4/8/1986; as amended by Ord. 841, 6/20/2011, § 2]
1. 
No uses described in this Part shall be established unless approved as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the terms of this Part 14 and § 27-1905, Subsection 1C, of this chapter.
2. 
Any application for special exception approval shall be submitted in accordance with the terms of § 27-1906 of this chapter. Conduct of the hearing shall be in accordance with § 27-1904.
3. 
A special exception approval granted under the provisions of this section shall be conditioned such that it shall only apply to the current property owner or applicant and shall not be transferable or assignable to another property, subsequent owner of the property in question or applicant.
4. 
Should any regulated use listed in § 27-1402 of this Part cease or discontinue operation for a period of 90 or more consecutive days, it may not resume nor may it be replaced by any other regulated use listed in § 27-1402 unless it complies with all the requirements of this chapter.