[Added 12-15-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; amended 7-18-2011 by L.L. No. 4-2011]
It is recognized that there is a substantial interest on behalf of the Village to prevent crime, maintain property values, protect the Village's retail trade and protect and preserve the quality of neighborhoods within the Village. The primary intent of this article is to prevent a concentration of the outlined uses in any one area which could create adverse neighborhood effects.
A. 
Adult entertainment businesses are prohibited within:
(1) 
Two hundred fifty feet of any zoning district designated by the Village as an M, L, SF, MHP, PDA, SC or SI zone.
(2) 
Five hundred feet of any public or private school.
(3) 
Five hundred feet of any church or other religious facility or institution.
(4) 
Five hundred feet of any public park.
B. 
The distance provided hereinabove 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 entertainment business is to be located to the nearest point of the parcel or property or the land use district boundary line from which the adult entertainment business is to be separated.
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Editor's Note: See also § 200-52L.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any theater, concert hall or similar establishment which is primarily devoted to theatrical performance of reasonable artistic value as determined by local community standards.
Should any section of this article be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid by the courts, such decision shall not affect the validity of the balance of this article.