§ 3-15-19. Limitation on teen event locations.

The teen club, teen dancehall, or youth activity center location shall meet all requirements of the Henry County Unified Land Development Code except as provided in this article. Should provisions or requirements conflict, the more stringent code shall prevail.

Except for teen clubs, teen dancehalls, and youth activity centers in existence prior to the effective date of this section, a teen club, teen dancehall, and youth activity center shall be designated as an event facility and shall be only located within the C-2 (general commercial) zoning district and shall not be located within:

(1)

Five hundred (500) feet of any zoning district that is zoned for single or multiple families residential;

(2)

Five hundred (500) feet of any preexisting establishment holding an alcoholic liquor license issued in accordance with chapter of the Code;

(3)

Five hundred (500) feet of any preexisting place of worship;

(4)

Five hundred (500) feet of another teen events/facilities;

(5)

Five hundred (500) feet of any accredited public or private school.

For purposes of this section, measurements shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the property line of the teen events to the nearest property line of a property described in subsections (1) through (5) above.

Parking shall be based upon the use of the location as an event facility allowing mass assembly. Should the largest assembly area fail to include fixed seating, required parking shall be calculated based upon the standard of one (1) parking space per fifty (50) square feet of the largest assembly area. All required parking shall be located on the same parcel as the teen club, teen dancehall, or youth activity center location as determined by the Henry County Tax Assessor's Office. There shall be designated drop-off and pick-up areas separated from parking areas.

(Ord. No. 12-09, 3-20-12)