5.50.020 Applicability.
(A) The establishment of any adult business establishment subject to these regulations shall include any of the following activities:
(1) The opening of such a business as a new business.
(2) The relocation of an adult business establishment.
(3) The conversion of an existing business to an adult business establishment.
(4) An increase of the square footage of an existing adult business establishment.
(5) The conversion of an existing adult business establishment to a different type of adult business establishment.
(B) An adult business establishment existing prior to the effective date of this Ordinance shall:
(1) Submit an application for an adult business establishment license no later than October 1, 2001;
(2) Shall cease operations on April 1, 2002, unless it has secured, by that date, an adult business establishment license pursuant to this Ordinance; and
(3) Shall be subject to all other provisions of this Ordinance except Section 5.50.110 as of April 1, 2002.
(C) Any adult business establishment existing prior to the effective date of this ordinance that does not comply with Section 5.50.110 shall:
(1) Be deemed a non-conforming business; and
(2) Not be increased, enlarged, extended or altered except that such business may be changed to a conforming business.
(D) An adult business establishment lawfully operating as a conforming business is not rendered nonconforming by the location, subsequent to the granting or renewal of the adult business license, of a school, park, religious institution, group home, nursing facility, hospital, library or property zoned or used for residential purposes located within the City limits and within 1,000 feet of the adult business establishment. This provision applies only to the renewal of a valid adult business establishment license and does not apply when an application for a new business license is submitted after a previous license has lapsed or has been revoked. (Ord. 01-39 § 1, 2001.)