18.120.020 Adult-oriented businesses.
Adult-oriented businesses shall be located, developed, and operated in compliance with the following standards:
A. Permits and Licenses. Adult-oriented businesses must be in conformance with Maricopa City Code and subject to the following:
1. An adult-oriented business must, prior to commencement or continuation of such business, apply for and receive from the planning and zoning commission a conditional use permit. Reasonable conditions may be imposed, such as limitation on hours of operation, exterior lighting, display materials, security, and other similar conditions, as may be necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare.
2. Subsequent to receipt of an approved conditional use permit, but prior to establishment of the business, the applicant shall apply for and receive a valid business license, as provided in the Maricopa City Code.
B. Location. Adult-oriented businesses shall be located a minimum of:
1. One thousand five hundred feet from the lot line of vacant or developed land in any residential or mixed use districts, or land reserved for a future school site;
2. One thousand five hundred feet from any existing or proposed elementary or secondary educational facility, junior colleges and universities, vocational schools, family day care facility, day care facility, religious facility, cultural institution, family-oriented entertainment business, or public park and recreational areas;
3. One thousand five hundred feet from any business that is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages; and
4. One thousand feet from any other legally established adult-oriented business.
C. Number of Businesses – Expansion. Only one adult-oriented business is permitted in each building, structure, or lot. No existing adult-oriented business can expand or intensify their business if there is another adult-oriented business in the same building, structure, or lot.
D. Hours of Operation. Hours of operation shall be limited to the time period between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 12:00 noon and 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, or as otherwise approved by conditional use permit.
E. Screening. All windows, doors, or other apertures shall be architecturally screened or otherwise obscured so as to prevent public viewing of the interior of the adult-oriented business from a public street or sidewalk.
F. Signs. No advertisement displays or merchandise available for sale or rent that includes or depicts specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas shall be visible from any public right-of-way. Total wall sign area shall not exceed 20 square feet. Businesses located on a corner lot may have a maximum of 25 square feet of sign area. [Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 410.02; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]