Imperial Beach Municipal Code Ch. 19.60 Adult-Oriented Businesses

A. The following described businesses shall only be permitted within the C/MU-1 zone:

1. Adult bookstores;

2. Adult motion picture theaters;

3. Adult mini-motion picture theaters;

4. Adult motion picture arcades;

5. Adult hotels or motels;

6. Model studios;

7. Sexual encounter studios and rap parlors.

B. The following described businesses shall only be permitted within the C/MU-1 zone, and shall require the approval of a conditional use permit:

1. Dance halls.

2. Cabarets.

(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884; Ord. 2012-1130 § 1)

A. An adult-oriented business shall only be located in a C/MU-1 zone. It is unlawful to establish any such adultoriented business if the location is:

1. Within five hundred feet of any religious assembly, public school, park, or playground;

2. Within two hundred feet of any area that is denominated as an R-1-6000, R-1-3800, R-3000-D, R-3000, R-2000, or R-1500 zone, or any other area that is primarily residential in character, as evidenced by letter designation in the zoning law of the City;

3. Within five hundred feet of another adult-oriented business.

B. The establishment of any adult-oriented business shall include the opening of such a business as a new business, relocation of such business, or the conversion of an existing business location to any adult-oriented business use.

(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884; Ord. 2012-1130 § 1)

Off-street parking shall be provided as set forth in Section 19.48.050, and parking areas shall be paved, striped and lighted.

(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)

Lobby and entrance areas shall be designed so as to minimize obstruction of sidewalks during operating hours.

(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)

No signs or other structures shall be placed, erected or used on the premises except as provided for in Chapter 19.52, and those only with the approval of the Planning Commission; nor shall the building be painted in garish colors or in such other fashion as will effectuate the same purpose as a sign(s), with colors which, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, are inconsistent with nearby properties.

(Ord. 601 § 1, 1983; Ord. 94-884)