This bylaw is enacted pursuant to MGL Chapter 40A and pursuant
to the Town's authority under the Home Rule Amendment to the Massachusetts
Constitution. It serves the compelling Town interests of limiting
the location of certain adult entertainment uses, as defined and designated
herein, in response to studies demonstrating their deleterious secondary
effects.
The term "adult entertainment establishment/use" shall be deemed within this provision to pertain to the following uses that are so defined under Article
II of this bylaw:
B. Adult cabaret establishment.
C. Adult motion-picture theater.
D. Adult paraphernalia store.
The Special Use District (SU) is herein established as an overlay
district and shall be superimposed on other districts established
by this bylaw and as so depicted on the "Zoning Map of Wrentham, Massachusetts",
as amended. The uses herein authorized in the Special Use District
shall be in addition to those permitted within the underlying zoning
district. Adult entertainment uses are allowed in the Special Use
District. Adult entertainment uses shall be prohibited elsewhere within
the Town.
Adult entertainment uses shall be prohibited in all zoning districts, except as otherwise permitted under §
390-20.4, and subject to the following conditions:
A. Adult entertainment uses shall be permitted only with a valid site plan approved by the Planning Board in accordance with Article
VII, and subject to all requirements of this Article
XX.
B. All building openings, entries and windows of an adult entertainment
establishment shall be screened in such a manner as to prevent visibility
of its interior. Otherwise, all interior floor area where patrons
view entertainment shall not be partitioned or screened and shall
be clearly visible from elsewhere within said area.
C. No adult entertainment use shall be allowed to display for advertisement
or other purpose any sign, placard or other like materials to the
general public on the exterior of the building or on the interior
where the same may be seen through glass or other like transparent
material any sexually explicit figures or words as defined in MGL
c. 272, § 31.
D. No adult entertainment use shall be allowed to disseminate or offer
to disseminate adult matter or paraphernalia to minors or suffer minors
to view displays or linger on the premises.
E. Adult bookstores, adult paraphernalia stores, and adult video stores
shall provide one off-street parking space for every off-street parking
space for every 200 square feet GFA. Adult cabaret establishments
and adult motion-picture theaters shall provide one off-street parking
space for every two seats, or if seats are not utilized, every 20
square feet of GFA, plus one space for every two employees.
F. No adult entertainment use shall have any flashing lights visible
from outside the establishment.
G. No adult entertainment use shall have a freestanding accessory sign.
H. A landscaped buffer of no less than 50 feet shall be maintained along
the periphery of any lot accommodating an adult entertainment use.
I. An adult entertainment use shall neither be located on the same lot
with other principal uses nor other adult entertainment uses.
J. No adult bookstore, adult paraphernalia store, or adult video store
shall occupy more than 10,000 square feet of gross floor area within
a single building.
K. Unless otherwise expressly stated within this article, lots, buildings, and other accessory improvements (e.g., parking lots) accommodating an adult entertainment use shall conform to all dimensional requirements of the underlying zoning district pursuant to Article
VI and the requirements of any other overlay zoning district if so located therein.
The provisions of this article are severable, and in the event
that any provision of this article is determined to be invalid for
any reason, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and
effect.