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Commission forwards adult-business definition and supplemental standards to Board for public hearings
Summary
Planning staff proposed—and the planning commission forwarded—a zoning text amendment to define "adult business," require conditional-use permitting in commercial and industrial districts, and add supplemental procedures and standards to strengthen legal defensibility under the First Amendment; no applications currently exist.
The Warren County Planning Commission on Dec. 11 voted to forward a zoning text amendment that would define "adult business," make such uses permissible only by conditional use permit in commercial and industrial zoning districts, and add supplemental procedures and standards intended to reduce the county's legal risk.
Planning staff said the Warren County Zoning Ordinance lacks a definition, procedures or standards that distinguish adult businesses from other commercial uses, and staff recommended adding a definition plus…
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