§ 41-1700. Specific purposes.

In addition to the general purposes listed in section 41-1, the specific purposes of this article are to:

(a)

Establish a procedure which places strict limits on processing time and eliminates any possibility for the exercise of unfettered discretion in reviewing applications for establishing adult entertainment businesses.

(b)

Ensure orderly and thorough city review of applications for certain adult entertainment businesses including but not limited to adult business uses.

(c)

Establish reasonable and uniform regulations that will reduce possible adverse secondary effects that adult entertainment businesses may have upon the residents of the city and preserve the integrity of existing commercial areas of the city and of residential areas which are in close proximity to such commercial areas.

(d)

To protect the rights conferred by the United States Constitution to adult entertainment businesses in a manner that ensures the continued and orderly development of property within the city and diminishes those undesirable negative secondary effects that recognized studies have shown to be associated with the development and operation of adult entertainment businesses.

(e)

To allow a process whereby the unusual site development features or operating characteristics of uses which must comply with this article may be conditioned through an individual review, in order to be compatible with the surrounding uses of property, while preserving the applicant's rights to objective standards and prompt administrative and judicial review.

(Ord. No. NS-2373, § 8, 12-7-98)