Subject: 10598/AmdZonOrd/Def Teen Social Clubs (Version B)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 15:21:49 -0500


                
                   	     ORDINANCE 10598
                
                
                
                 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 6958, AS
                 AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO AS
                 TO AMEND ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 107 (14) (a) BY
                 ADDING SUBSECTION (a) 13, RELATIVE TO THE
                 DEFINITION OF TEEN SOCIAL CLUB AND TO AMEND
                 ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 107 (14) (c) RELATIVE TO
                 ADULT-ORIENTED ESTABLISHMENTS.
                
                
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              	   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Ordinance No. 6958, as amended, 
the
         Zoning Ordinance, be and the same is hereby amended so as to 
amend
         Article VIII, Section 107 (14) (a) by adding a new subsection 
(a)
         13 relative to the definition of teen social club.
              	   SECTION 1.  That Article VIII, Section 107 (14) (a) be 

         amended by adding a new subsection (a) 13 as follows:
             
                  (a) 13) Teen Social Club - Any business which 
advertises
                          itself or holds itself out to the public as a
                          "teen club" or "teen dance club," and which
                          provides entertainment and social activities 
to
                          which public patrons or members between the 
ages
                          of 12 and 21 are admitted to participate,
                          regardless of whether such establishment is
                          conducted, operated, or maintained for a 
profit.
              
              	   SECTION 2.	  That Article VIII, Section 107 (14) (c)
         be omitted in its entirety and the following be substituted in
         lieu thereof:
              (c)  Special Permit Restrictions for Adult-Oriented
                   Establishments:    
        
              	   In no case shall an adult-oriented establishment be
                   permitted to locate within five hundred feet (500') 
of
                   any boundary of an R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-5 Residential
                   Zone, the R-4 Special Zone, or within five hundred 
feet
                   (500') of a residential use within any zone, nor 
shall
                   any proposed adult-oriented establishment be 
permitted
                   to locate within five hundred feet (500') from the
                   nearest property line of a site which is used for the 

                   purpose of a recreational park (ornamental parks are 
not
                   to be considered in the requirement), playground, 
place
                   of worship, school, day care center, other
                   adult-oriented establishment, teen social club, or 
from
                   any establishment which serves alcoholic beverages 
for
                   consumption on the premises.  Measurement shall be 
made
                   from the nearest recorded property line of the
                   adult-oriented establishment to the property line or
                   boundary of the above-mentioned uses.
        
              	   SECTION 3.	  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this
         Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its 
passage
         as required by law.
        
        
         PASSED on Third and final
         Reading July 15, 1997.	       
s/_________________________________
              	   	     	       	    	 CHAIRPERSON
        
              	   	     	       APPROVED: __X__ DISAPPROVED: ______
        
              	   	     	       DATE:  July 17, 1997.
        
              	   	     	       s/_________________________________
              	   	     	       	    	      MAYOR
        
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