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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2069 - Adds Ch. 19.22, adult facility overlay zone, and Sec. 19.36.120(40); amends Sec. 19.12.010, 19.16.010, 19.36.080(3) and (10), 19.60.020 and 19.60.160; repeals Sec. 19.08.017 and 19.16.070 (Repealed by 2131)~~.~.-L t~~~:.r C /J1..,A_L-rLJ .c: P.e--£~._t._ P.,/1)/1.,.',"..~.(,...~.f'....,.....-.l....~"....::~ ~-} '.../ CITY OF MARYSVILLE Marysville,Washington ORDINANCE NO.c;;<Obq AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON RELATING TO ZONING FOR ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATERS,ADULT DRIVE-IN THEATERS,ADULT CABARETS,ADULT PANORAM ESTABLISHMENTS AND BODY SHAMPOO PARLORS, AND ENDING THE MORATORIUM ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE NO.2022. WHEREAS,cities have the right and duty to enact laws for the protection of the public health,safety and general welfare and morals;and WHEREAS,the City Council adopted Ordinance No.2022 on April 24,1995 establishing a moratorium on the acceptance of applications for use permits,building permits and licenses for adult entertainment facilities;and WHEREAS,pursuant to Ordinance No.2022 the Mayor appointed a committee which developed a work plan to study issues,and the Marysville Citizens Advisory Committee on Adult Entertainment conducted various hearings,submitted its record to the Planning Commission and the City Council;and WHEREAS,the Marysville City Council has considered the record created by the Marysville Citizens Advisory Committee on Adult Entertainment and the Planning Commission and itself made certain findings as specified in this ordinance,and as a result wishes to provide in this ordinance for the appropriate zoning for adult motion picture theaters,adult drive-in theaters,adult cabarets,adult panoram establishments and body shampoo parlors; NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1.Findings.Based upon the record transmitted from the Marysville Citizens Advisory Committee on Adult Entertainment and the record of the Planning Commission,and also based on the testimony and evidence presented to the City Council at a public hearing occurring on April 8,1996,the City Council makes the following findings: A.Currently,there are no adult motion picture theaters, adult drive-in theaters,adult cabarets,adult panorams,or body shampoo parlors operating in the city of Marysville.Facilities of this nature do operate within the city of Everett and unincorporated Snohomish County. B.There is substantial and compelling evidence as set out in staff reports and public testimony that the use of property to operate,conduct or"maintain the aforesaid adult-use which, /mv/auz.ord 1 because of their very nature,has serious objectionable operational characteristics and both primary and secondary effects.Those operational characteristics include a wide range of criminal and other unlawful activities that have regularly and historically occurred on and near or as a result of visits to adult-use establishments.These activities include prostitution, narcotics and liquor law violations,breaches of the peace, assaults,and sexual conduct involving contact between patrons and between entertainers,attendants and patrons,some of whom have been minors,and similar activity occurring in parking areas and the environs of adult-use facilities. C.The objectionable operational characteristics, activities and secondary effects related to adult-use establishments pose a threat to the public health,safety and welfare of the citizens of the city of Marysville.This threat is most serious when conducted in close proximity to places where minors gather. D.The need to protect minors from the unlawful a~tivities associated with the operation of the aforesaid adult-use establishments would be a compelling governmental interest. E.The objectionable characteristics associated with adult-use establishments promote declines in adjacent property values,neighborhood blight,and general secondary effect on the quality of life in the environs of the business. Section 2.ReDeal -19.08.017.Section 19.08.017 of the Marysville Municipal Code is hereby REPEALED. Section 3.Repeal -19.16.070.Section 19.16.070 of the Marysville Municipal Code is hereby REPEALED. Section 4.Amendment -19.12.010.Section 19.12.010 of Chapter 19.12 of the Marysville Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 19.12.010 Intent.The purpose of this chapter and chapters 19.16 -19.28 is to establish districts wherein compatible uses of land may be located and grouped to create,protect or maintain a living environment for the citizens of Marysville.Three broad categories of uses are established,residential,commercial and industrial,and it is the intent of this chapter and Chapters 19.16 -19.28 to stabilize and protect the uses contained within these districts.An effort will be made to exclude mutually interfering uses,and in particular,to promote residential harmony with surrounding areas of the community.However, it is recognized that certain uses,though perhaps inherently commercial,are better suited to industrial areas of the city.As a result,certain additional overlay zones may be created to allow the location of commercial businesses in industrial zones.It is also the.purpose of the classifications in this chapter and Chapters 19.16 - /mv/auz.ord -2 19.28 to make it possible to more efficiently and economically design and install all physical public service facilities in terms of size and capacity to adequately and permanently meet needs resulting from a defined intensity of land use and to provide for the health,safety,morals, prosperity and well-being of the community at large. Section 5.Amendment -19.16.010.Districts and their purposes as set out in Section 19.16.010 of Chapter 19.16 of the Marysville Municipal Code are hereby amended for the general industry district to read as follows: General Industry (GI)-Predominantly for manufacturing,processing,fabrication and assembly of products or materials,warehousing and storage and transportation facilities,but also for commercial uses having special impacts and regulated by other chapters of this title. In addition,the table of permitted and provisional uses is amended to delete a reference to "adult entertainment facilities,"and to add a reference to adult facilities which shall be permitted in a general industrial zone,sUbj"ect to a new chapter of the Marysville Municipal Code to be identified as Chapter 19.22. "Adult facilities"shall mean an adult motion picture theater,adult drive-in theater,adult cabaret,adult panoram establishment and/or body shampoo parlors as defined by Chapter 19.22 Marysville Municipal Code,and satisfying the additional locational criteria of that overlay zoning chapter. Section 6.Chapter 19.22.A new Chapter 19.22 is hereby added to the Marysville Municipal Code,which shall read as follows: Chapter 19.22 Adult Facility Overlay Zone 19.22.010 Purpose.The purpose of establishing the adult facilities overlay zone is to permit the location of adult facilities in an area of the city which will reduce the secondary effects of such an establishment on the community.The performance criteria included in this zone are intended to control external as well as internal impacts of the development and bulk and special limitations in other chapters of the zoning code are superseded by the provisions of this chapter.It is the further purpose of this zone to prevent the location of adult facilities throughout the city by consolidating them in one area.Because of the unique character of this zone,and its potential to disrupt preexisting residential and commercial development in the community,the city will only consider classifying property in this zone if"such property is designated on the /mv/auz.ord 3 comprehensive plan as general industrial and is suitable for adult facilities. 19.22.020 Applicability.All adult facilities,as defined herein,shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. 19.22.030 Establishing in Certain Areas.The adult facility overlay zone is to be established only upon land located along the east side of the 47th Avenue NE alignment, in the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 33, Township 30 N.,Range 5 E.,W.M.,and in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 33,Township 30 N.,Range 5 E.,W.M.,as identified on the attached Exhibit A map. 19.22.040 Permitted Uses.The following uses shall be permitted in the adult 'facilities overlay zone: (1)Adult facilities. (2)All uses allowed in the underlying zone. 19.22.050 Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter and unless the context plainly requires otherwise,' the following definitions are adopted: (1)"Adult facility or facilities"means and includes an adult cabaret,adult drive-in theater,adult motion picture theater,adult panoram establishment,or body shampoo parlor. (2)"Adult cabaret"is a commercial establishment which presents go-go dancers,strippers,male or female impersonators,or similar entertainers and in which the' patrons are exposed to "specified sexual activities"or "specified anatomical areas." (3)"Adult drive-in theater"is a drive-in theater used for presenting motion picture films,video cassettes, cable television,or any other such visual media, 'distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting,describing or relating to "specified sexual act.LvLt.Le s "or "specified anatomical areas." (4)"Adult motion picture theater"is an enclosed building used for presenting for commercial purposes motion picture films,videocassettes,cable television or any other such visual media,distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting,describing or related to "specified sexual activities"or "specified anatomical areas"for observation by patrons therein. (5)"Adult panoram establishment"or "adult panoram" means a business in a building or a portion of a building which contains device(s)which for payment of a fee, /mv/auz.ord 4 .. membership fee or other charge,is used to exhibit or display a picture,view,or other graphic display distinguished or characterized by emphasis on matter depicting,describing or relating to "specified sexual activities"or "specified anatomical areas." (6)"Body shampoo parlor"means any place open tq the public where an attendant is present and a patron's body is washed or shampooed.A body shampoo parlor shall not include any barber or beauty salon,medical facility or nursing home facility where a customer or patient may be washed,shaved and/or shampooed. (7)"Specified anatomical areas"means: (A)Less than completely and/or opaquely covered human genitals,pubic region,buttock,or female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola;' (B)Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state,even if completely or opaquely covered. (8)"Specified sexual activities"means: (A)Acts of human masturbation,sexual' intercourse or sodomy; (B)Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals,pubic region,buttock,or female breast; (C)Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal. 19.22.060 Conforming Uses.Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 19.40 relating to nonconforming uses, any adult facility lawfully existing and operating on the effective date of the ordinance or at the time of annexation of an area into the city may be continued and maintained without regard to the restrictions on adult facilities contained herein .on the following conditions: A.There may bea change in tenancy,ownership or management of the facility,provided that there is no change in the nature or character of the business.' B.If the adult facility or use is vacated,abandoned or closed for continuous periods of 180 days,the nonconforming status shall be lost. C.The adult facility or use cannot be expanded into additional buildings or areas of buildings on the property. D.Al other codes,ordinances,regulations and statutes shall be complied with in full. ·/mv/auz.ord 5 E.All nonconforming adult facilities and uses shall be granted a phase-out period of two years,unless said two- year period is an·unreasonable period of amortization for the said use.In that event,a nonconforming adult facility shall make application to the City Land Use Hearing Examiner no later than 180 days prior to expiration of the two-year amortization period for an extension of time.The decision of the Hearing Examiner shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2.70 Marysville Municipal Code.In determining whether to recommend the granting of an extension or not,the Hearing Examiner shall determine whether or not the harm or hardship to the nonconforming adult facility outweighs the benefit to be gained by the public from termination of the use.Factors to be considered by the Examiner include the secondary adverse effects of the business on the neighborhood/community,the location of the business in relationship to schools,parks, churches,athletic facilities,convention facilities, residential zones,initial capital investment,investment realization to date,life expectancy of the investment,the existence or nonexistence of a lease option,as well as a contingency clause permitting termination of the lease,and whether a reasonable alternative use of the property exists. 19.22.070 Enforcement. A.Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter relating to adult facilities is declared to be a public nuisance per se and shall be subject to abatement through civil proceedings and not by criminal prosecution. B.Nothing in this code is intended to authorize, legalize or permit the establishment,operation or maintenance of any business,building or use which violates City codes or statutes of the State of Washington regarding public nuisances,sexual conduct,lewdness or obscene or harmful matter or the exhibition or public display thereof. 19.22.080 Severability.Each provision of this chapter is separate and severable from all other provisions of this chapter.The invalidity of any clause,sentence, paragraph,subdivision,section or portion of this chapter, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall not affect the enforcement of the remainder of this chapter to any person or circumstances~ Section 7.Amendment--19.36.080.Subsections (3)and (10) of Section 19.36.08Q.of the Marysville Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: 19.36.080(3).Lighting in areas provided for off- street parking shall be so arranged to not constitute a nuisance or hazard to passing traffic,and where parking lots share a common boundary line with residentially zoned property,lighting devices shall be shaded and dir~cted to /mv/auz.ord 6 . play their light away from the residentially zoned property. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection,however, it shall not affect or limit exterior lighting standards as may be imposed by Chapter 5 of the Marysville Municipal Code on adult cabarets,adult motion picture theaters,and adult drive-in theaters. 19.36.080(10).Parking areas should be located and designed to consider impacts to the streetscape. Except for adult facilities as defined by Marysville Municipal Code Section 19.22.050,where feasible,on- site parking shall be located at the sides and rear of buildings or complexes.For adult facilities,on-site parking shall be located where most visible from both the streetscape and the public access to the adult facility. Section 8.Amendment--19.36.120.Section 19.36.120 of the Marysville Municipal code is hereby amended to add in its tabulation of use classification and number of parking spaces a new subpart (40),reading as follows: (40)Adult facility as defined by MMC 19.22.050. One per 75 square feet of gross floor area or,in the case of an adult drive-in theater,one per viewing space. Section 9.Amendment--19.60.020.Section 19.60.020 of Chapter 19.60 of the Marysville Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: (1)The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the location and grouping of industrial enterprises and activities involving manufacturing,assembly, fabrication,processing,bulk handling and storage, research facilities,warehousing,heavy trucking and certain uses,though perhaps inherently commercial, that are best suited to industrial areas of the city. It is the purpose of this zone to protect a land base for the aforesaid businesses and the "employment opportunities they represent.These purposes are accomplished by: (a)Allowing for a wide range of industrial and manufacturing uses,but providing also for certain commercial uses that have a need to be separated from residential areas; (b)Establishing appropriate development standards and public review procedures for the aforesaid businesses;and /mv/auz.ord 7 .... (c)Except for the permitted uses,limiting other service,residential and commercial uses to those necessary to directly support the permitted uses. (2)Use of this zone is appropriate in areas designated by the comprehensive plan as industrial and which are served at the time of development by adequate public sewers,water supply,roads and other needed public facilities and services. Section 10.Amendment--19.60.160.Section 19.60.160 of Chapter 19.60 of the Marysville Municipal Code is hereby amended to delete reference to adult entertainment facility and in the same place in the table to add the following: Land Use BP GI LI Adult facility as defined by 19.22.050 p Section 11.End of Moratorium;Effective Date.The moratorium imposed by Ordinance No.2022 is hereby rescinded on the effective date of this ordinance,which shall go into effect in accordance with the general law applicable to ordinances of the City of Marysville. ~.PASSED b Yr ;:J.4..,City.Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this~day of ~,1996. MAYOR CITY OF MARYSVILLE ,f....1 ')/Al.~I I ~J "'L1&fL IvLut1By~~..............~_ ATTEST: ~.-/'~·7'1/1~/------.)\ /Y/..,;.,.,--;-::--/\,".,~__"./...~/By ..'t·t>·~~.~!~~..")_\.j,-,r~)'qy"-"c:J CITY CLERK Approved as to form: BylJ~tk.GJ~ ~CITY ATTORNEY Date of Publication: Effective Date (5 days after publication): /mv/auz.ord 8 C:\agisW\Ci!ymaps\ad,dtst.prj