County eyes new limits on adult stores
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001 | 11:05 a.m.
Clark County commissioners will consider introducing an ordinance Wednesday to make it much more difficult to put adult bookstores or adult video stores near residential users.
The ordinance would require a 1,000-foot separation from homes, public library or church, up from 500 feet now.
For the first time, the ordinance also would require a 1,000-foot separation from a public park, playground or day care center and 1,500-foot separation from a school.
The county rule would conform to a standard created last year by the city of Las Vegas, "promoting the goals of regional uniformity," the ordinance read.
The rule "would strengthen protections in a meaningful way," said commission Chairman Dario Herrera, who asked for the ordinance.
Herrera said he has met with numerous residents who asked that more be done to keep adult video or book stores and other sexually oriented businesses out of their neighborhoods.
The issue has bedeviled the County Commission because such uses are now broadly permitted in any M-1 zone, a use generally associated with manufacturing and light industry. As a result, commissioners have often squeezed manufacturing zoning requests into the less intensive M-D zones, usually by including special-use permits with the approval.
The M-D zone does not allow adult uses, but isn't designed for some purposes such as automobile assembly. As it stands now, someone who gets an M-1 zoning to build cars could turn around later and try to establish an adult book store or strip club.
Herrera said that the new rules will give breathing room for residents who may live near industrial areas, but don't want sexually oriented businesses at the end of the block.
archive
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Wynns agree on ‘amicable’ split of assets in divorce
- Could the game be partly to blame for addiction?
- Sluggish starts plague Rebels in early games this season
- Report: LV home prices fall despite increases nationwide
- Funeral procession for slain officer includes Las Vegas Strip
- Boyd Gaming sues man over Internet domain name
- General Growth moving subsidiaries out of bankruptcy protection
- Bellagio sues company over alleged trademark infringement
- Justin Hawkins is a Rebel with many causes
- NASCAR running an uphill race with seasons that are too long
Blogs
The Kats Report
'DWTS' champ Donny Osmond still deft afoot in return to Flamingo (2 Comments)
Politics: The Early Line
Meeting of GOP governors draws challengers, not Gibbons (1 Comment)
Politics: Ralston's Flash
Oscar loves forcing developers to sign labor peace agreements, Culinary loves the city's downtown plans and all is forgiven (1 Comment)
Now and Then
Underdog is open on a post pattern
Miech Again
Kruger contract altered in September (2 Comments)
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
Photo Gallery: Donny Osmond brings DWTS trophy to Las Vegas
High School Sports Scene
Prep Football: State Semifinals Picks (3 Comments)
Calendar »
- 26 Thu
- 27 Fri
- 28 Sat
- 29 Sun
- 30 Mon
-
DJ Battle at Drai's
Drai's Afterhours | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
2012 at Cheyenne Saloon
Cheyenne Saloon | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Sampson's Army at the Double Down Saloon
Double Down Saloon | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
Technorati















