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Weld County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

Adult Business, Service or Entertainment Establishment

Sec. 23-9-10.- Minors prohibited.

No one under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be admitted to an ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT, nor shall any employee, agent, servant or independent contractor working on the premises during hours when NUDE entertainment is being presented be under the age of twenty-one (21) years of age.

Sec. 23-9-20. - Hours of operation.

NUDE entertainment shall only be available at an ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight, Monday through Saturday of each week.

Sec. 23-9-30. - Buffering required.

An ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT shall be adequately buffered through the use of facade treatment, LANDSCAPING and fencing to minimize negative impacts on commercial USES, residential USES, PUBLIC parks, churches and PUBLIC or private SCHOOLS accredited by the State which are present in the vicinity. Buffering requirements shall be determined for the perimeter of the establishment on a case-by-case basis by reviewing the intensity of the establishment and comparing it to the type and location of surrounding land uses. For example, denser plantings and screening materials or more compatible facade treatment may be required between an ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT and a store or shop offering goods and services at retail.

Sec. 23-9-40. - Lighting regulations.

All outside lighting and signs shall be arranged, shielded and restricted so as to prevent negative impacts and any nuisance on ADJACENT STREETS, property, COMMERCIAL USES, residential USES, PUBLIC parks, churches or PUBLIC or private SCHOOLS accredited by the State in the area. Mechanical or electrical appurtenances, such as "revolving beacons" which are obviously designed to compel attention or flashing red, green or amber signs located within five hundred (500) feet of an intersection are prohibited. Any sign located so as to conflict with the clear and obvious appearance of PUBLIC devices controlling public traffic is prohibited.

Sec. 23-9-50. - Distance from schools and churches.

No ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT shall be operated or maintained within five hundred (500) feet of any SCHOOL or church property, measured from the closest property line of such school or church property to the property line of the ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT.

Sec. 23-9-60. - Distance from residential property.

No ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT shall be operated or maintained within five hundred (500) feet of any residentially zoned or USED property, measured from the closest property line of the residentially USED or zoned property to the property line of the ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT.

Sec. 23-9-70. - Violation, penalty.

Any ADULT BUSINESS, SERVICE OR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT which engages in repeated or continuing violation of these regulations shall constitute a PUBLIC nuisance. For purposes of these regulations, repeated violations shall mean three (3) or more violations of any provision set forth herein within a one-year period dating from the time of any violation. Any continuing violation shall mean a violation of any provision set out herein lasting for three (3) or more consecutive days.

Sec. 23-9-80. - Exemptions.

Nothing in this Article shall be construed to apply to the presentation, showing or performance of any play, drama, ballet or motion picture in any theater, concert hall, museum of fine arts, SCHOOL, institution of higher education or similar establishment as a form of expression of opinion or communication of ideas or information, as differentiated from the promotion or exploitation of a STATE OF NUDITY for the purpose of advancing the economic welfare of a COMMERCIAL or business enterprise.