7-7-123. SEXUALLY-ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
(1) The purpose and objective of this Section is to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the concentration of sexually-oriented businesses, prevent the location of such businesses in areas harmful to the City, regulate the signage of such businesses, control the adverse and secondary effects of such signage, and to prevent inappropriate exposure of such businesses to the community and secondary effects arising from their presence or concentration. Any terms pertaining to sexually-oriented businesses that are not defined in this Title 7 shall have the meaning given in Title 17.
(2) Sexually-oriented businesses, outcall services, and service-oriented escort bureaus shall only be permitted in areas zoned M and designated for heavy manufacturing in the General Plan, with the following additional restrictions:
a. No sexually-oriented business, outcall service, or service oriented escort bureau shall be located within 1,000 feet of any School, Public Park, library, or Religious Institution.
b. No sexually-oriented business, outcall service, or service oriented escort bureau shall be located within 600 feet of any High-Image Arterial as defined in Chapter 7-10 or U-111 Highway, as measured from the Right-of-way boundary.
c. No sexually-oriented business shall be located within 1,000 feet of any Residential Use or Residential or Agricultural Zone.
d. No sexually-oriented business shall be located within 600 feet of any other sexually-oriented business (excluding outcall services).
e. All distances specified in this Section shall be measured in a straight line from the property or Right-of-way boundaries to the Structure containing the sexually-oriented business, without regard for intervening Structures, properties, or Zoning districts.
(3) Signs for sexually-oriented businesses shall be limited as follows:
a. No more than one exterior sign shall be permitted.
b. No sign shall exceed eighteen square feet.
c. No animation shall be permitted on or around any sign or on the exterior walls or roof of any sexually-oriented business.
d. Signs shall contain alphanumeric copy only. No descriptive art or designs depicting any activity related to or inferring the nature of the business shall be allowed on any sign.
e. Only flat wall signs or awning signs shall be permitted.
f. Painted wall advertising shall not be permitted.
g. Except as explicitly permitted by this subsection (3), the sexually-oriented business shall not attach, construct, or allow to be Attached or constructed any temporary sign, banner, light, or other device designed to draw attention to the business location.
h. All requirements set forth in Title 11 of the West Valley City Municipal Code shall apply. However, where these regulations differ from Title 11, the stricter requirements shall prevail.
(4) All existing legally nonconforming sexually-oriented businesses existing as of October 4, 1993, shall comply with the provisions of this chapter no later than July 4, 1994.