Provo City Zoning Code
14.48 SOB
Sexually-Oriented Business Overlay Zone
14.48.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this Chapter is to establish a SOB (Sexually-Oriented Business) Overlay zone that reasonably governs the location of sexually-oriented businesses in order to avoid adverse secondary effects which may result from the operation of such businesses. This Chapter shall be construed to protect the governmental interests recognized by this Chapter in a manner consistent with protections provided by the United States Constitution and the Utah Constitution.
14.48.020 Definitions.
Terms involving sexually-oriented businesses shall have the meaning set forth in Title 9.60 of the Provo City Code.
14.48.030 Zoning and Location Requirements.
Any sexually-oriented business licensed as an adult business or a semi-nude entertainment business shall be permitted only within the Sexually-Oriented Business Overlay Zone as shown on the Zone Map of Provo City.
(1) No sexually-oriented business shall operate within one thousand (1000) feet of any of the following:
(a) a residential zone boundary line as shown on the Zone Map of Provo City;
(b) the property boundary of any church, public park, public library, or school (as set forth in classification numbers 6811, 6812, 6813, and 6814 of the duly adopted Standard Land Use Code); or
(c) the boundary of any property for which a sexually-oriented business license earlier has been issued and has not expired.
(2) No church, public park, public library, or school (as set forth in classification numbers 6811, 6812, 6813, and 6814 of the duly adopted Standard Land Use Code) shall be established closer than one thousand (1000) feet from any sexually-oriented business.
(3) For the purpose of this Section, the distance from any church, public park, public library, or school (as set forth in classification numbers 6811, 6812, 6813, and 6814 of the duly adopted Standard Land Use Code) shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest point of the line of any property on which a sexually-oriented business is operating, or is proposed to operate, to the nearest residential zone boundary line or property boundary line of any church, public park, public library, or school, as the case may be.
14.48.040 Development Standards.
Each sexually-oriented business shall be subject to all development standards of the underlying zone in which it is located, including, but not limited to, setbacks, building height, projections, etc.
(1) Off-street parking shall be provided as required for the land use classification listed in Chapter 14.37 of this Title, Off-Street Parking Standards, to which the sexually-oriented business is most closely related.
(2) Signs for each sexually-oriented business shall be limited the following:
(b) The maximum area of all signs shall not exceed one (1) square foot of sign area per foot of building frontage on a public street.
(3) No merchandise or pictures of the products or entertainment on the premises shall be displayed in window areas or in any area where they can be viewed from a public sidewalk.