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ORDINANCE N0, f„C,Qd._ (:, <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE <br />CITY CODE OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, 1971, <br />ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, AS <br />AMENDED, AND GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING <br />ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA <br />WHEREAS, It has been demonstrated that the establishment of <br />adult businesses in business districts, which are immediately adja- <br />cent to and which serve residential neighborhoods, has a deleterious <br />effect on both the business and residential segments of the neigh- <br />borhood, causing blight and downgrading of property values; and <br />WHEREAS, The prohibition against the establishment of more than <br />two controlled uses within 1,000 feet of each other serves to avoid <br />the clustering of certain businesses which when located in close <br />proximity to each other, tend to create a "skid row" atmosphere; and <br />WHEREAS, Such prohibition serves to avoid the deleterious effects <br />of blight and devaluation of both business and residential property <br />values resulting from the establishment of an adult business in a <br />business district which is immediately adjacent to and which serves <br />residential neighborhoods; and <br />WHEREAS, Concern for, and pride in, the orderly planning and de- <br />velopment of a neighborhood should be encouraged and fostered in those <br />persons who comprise the business and residential segments of that <br />neighborhood; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of <br />South Bend, Indiana, that: <br />SECTION I. Paragraph (a) of Section 21 -1 of Article 1 of Chapter <br />21 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend shall be amended to <br />read as follows: <br />(a) As used in this chapter, unless otherwise provided: <br />(1) Accessory building means a subordinate building or part <br />of main building the use of which is incidental to that of the main <br />building. <br />(1.1) <br />substantial or s <br />es <br />of <br />V, <br />c <br />t Book Store means an <br />icant portion of is <br />per od ca s which are <br />s on matter deDictinR <br />a segment or se <br />establishment having as a <br />ock in trade books, <br />stinguishe or c aracter <br />b <br />escr ng or re a ng o <br />Anatomical Areas. or an <br />(1.2) Adult Business means and shall include the following: <br />(a) Adult Book Store <br />Adult Mini Mot on Picture Theater <br />Zcj Adult Motion Picture Theater <br />7T Class B Cabaret <br />It Mini Motion Pic <br />asis on ma <br />words deleted - - -- <br />words added underlined <br />or less persons <br />scribing or re <br />obser- <br />