For those of you who are unaware, the City of Pompano Beach is in the process of amending their Adult Entertainment Code. The new legislation has several new provisions that affect adult entertainment. The new ordinance has a definition for massage establishments which classifies a massage to be the manipulation of the superficial tissue of the body of another person with any portion of the torso, hand, leg, arm or elbow along with monetary consideration.
Also, there is a new definition of sexual oriented business which includes massage establishments, adult bookstores and adult video stores along with all the traditional adult establishments and may include swinger clubs. On the good side, it does lessen the distances required between alcohol beverage establishments and adult establishments along with lessening the distances between and adult establishments and residential uses, churches, schools, parks and other sexually oriented businesses.
On the bad side, there are other restrictive provisions as far as adult entertainment is concerned. If at the end of two months period any non-conforming sexually oriented business has not made an application, the adult entertainment establishment that is a legal non-conforming use will lose that non-conforming use status i.
In essence, the City of Pompano Beach is now banning and outlawing private champagne rooms and private dance areas within an adult entertainment establishment. For those of you who have questions as to whether or not your establishment in Pompano Beach is subjected to or at all affected by the new ordinance, most likely the answer is yes. In Pompano Beach, right now, adult establishments may only operate in a I-1X zone. Other than possibly one or maybe two establishments, none of the establishments in Pompano Beach that serve adult entertainment are in fact located in that zone.
Therefore, almost all adult establishments will have to concern themselves with that sixty day time limit. What is unique about this ordinance, is the fact that there was no need for it. Pompano Beach for years and years has had numerous adult entertainment establishments. These establishments have done a wonderful job of self policing and keeping crime rates and incidences of crime quite low.
