(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide reasonable regulations to prevent the adverse effect of the concentration or clustering of certain uses of real property, specifically adult business establishments. Such uses have serious objectionable characteristics when several of them are located in close proximity to each other. Such concentration tends to create a "skid-row" atmosphere and has a detrimental effect upon the adjacent area. Regulation of the locations of these uses is necessary to insure that such adverse effects will not contribute to the blight or downgrading of neighborhoods or interfere with the development and operation of hotels, motels, lodging houses and other businesses which are needed and desirable in the city.
(b) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this code to the contrary, except the provisions of Section
19.60.040 relating to nonconforming uses, no lot or parcel or property in any zoning district or any building or structure thereon or any portion thereof shall be used for an adult business establishment at a location closer than two hundred feet to any other lot, parcel or property, within or outside the city boundaries, on which an adult business establishment is located.
(c) The regulations set forth in this section are intended to be in addition to and not in lieu of other regulations of this code applicable to any of the above specified uses, and, unless specifically provided, shall not be deemed to repeal or amend any other provision or provisions of this code which are applicable to the above mentioned uses or activities, nor be deemed to excuse noncompliance with any such other provisions.
(Prior zoning code § 19.76.020; Ord. 2623-99 § 1)