It is recognized that building and establishments operated as
adult uses have serious objectionable operational characteristics.
In order to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the
residents of the Village of Sloan, this article is intended to restrict
adult uses to nonresidential and nonbusiness areas of the Village.
The Board of Trustees hereby finds that the operational characteristics
of adult uses increase the detrimental impact on a community when
such uses are concentrated. Therefore, this article is intended to
promote the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of
the Village of Sloan by regulating the concentration of such uses.
In addition to the requirements of this chapter, the New York
State Uniform Fire and Building Code, and the Code of the Village
of Sloan, adult uses shall be permitted, subject to the following
restrictions:
A. No adult use shall be allowed within 1,500 feet of another existing
adult use.
B. No adult use shall be located within 200 feet of any residential
use. Except as otherwise provided, no adult use shall be located within
200 feet of any restricted business district.
C. No adult use shall be located within 2,000 feet of a preexisting
school or place of worship.
D. No adult use shall be located in any zoning district except those
districts zoned M1 (Light Manufacturing District) or M2 (Industrial
District).
E. Adult entertainment revues shall be permitted by special permit in
those districts zoned RC (Restricted Business District). Any business
engagements for adult entertainment revues shall not exceed two revues
per year per establishment.
F. This article shall not apply to any establishments existing on the
effective date of said article. Those establishments shall be subject
to requirements for nonconforming uses specified in this chapter.
No adult use shall be conducted in any manner that permits the
observation of any material depicting, describing or relating to specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas from any public way
or from any property not registered as an adult use. This provision
shall apply to any display, decoration, sign, show window, screen
or other opening.
For the purposes of this section, measurements shall be made
in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects,
from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as part
of the premises for an adult use to the nearest property line of any
residential, commercial or light industrial district, property line
of a school or place of worship, or property line of another existing
adult use.
Violation of this article is punishable by a fine of $500. Each
day during any portion of which any violation of this article is committed,
permitted or continued shall constitute a separate violation.
Interpretation and application of the provisions of this article
shall be held to be minimal requirements adopted for the promotion
of the public health, safety or the general welfare. Whenever the
requirements of this article differ with the requirements of any other
lawfully adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive,
or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.