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 Oneonta, City
 Code of Ordinances
 Part II. General Legislation
 Chapter 58. Adult Uses

  § 58-3. Uses permitted.  

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  • The following uses as hereinbefore defined: adult arcades, adult bookstores or adult video stores, adult cabarets, adult motels, adult motion picture theaters, adult theaters, escort agencies, nude model studios and sexual encounter centers shall be designated "adult uses." Adult uses shall be a permitted use in any GBD or HID zone only, provided that:
    A. 
    All such uses shall be subject to a special use permit pursuant to § 300-45 of this Code.
    B. 
    An adult use may not be operated within 500 feet of:
    (1) 
    A church, synagogue or regular place of worship.
    (2) 
    A public or private elementary or secondary school.
    (3) 
    A boundary of any residential RD zone.
    (4) 
    A public park adjacent to any residential district.
    C. 
    An adult use may not be operated within 1,000 feet of another adult use or on the same lot or parcel of land.
    D. 
    An adult use may not be operated in the same building, structure or portion thereof containing another adult use.
    E. 
    For the purpose of this article, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as part of the premises where an adult use is conducted to the nearest property line of the premises of a church or public or private elementary or secondary school, or to the nearest boundary of an affected public park, residential district or residential lot.
    F. 
    For purposes of Subsection C of this section, the distance between any two adult uses shall be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior wall of the structure in which each business is located.
    G. 
    All adult uses shall be conducted in an enclosed building with a setback from any public street of at least 100 feet. Regardless of location or distance, no one who is passing by any enclosed building having a use governed by these provisions shall be able to visually see any specified anatomical area or any specified sexual activity by virtue of any display which depicts or shows said area or activity. This requirement shall apply to any display, decoration, sign, window or other opening.