§ 18.60.170 — Personal Services, Restricted

A. Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to establish site planning, developmental, and/or operational standards for the following “Restricted Personal Services”: tattoo and body piercing shops, pawnshops, and check cashing establishments. B. Intent. It is the City’s intent, in establishing these standards, to mitigate the potential adverse impacts of these uses and activities on adjacent and surrounding land uses by requiring special siting and locational standards and imposing other special development standards. C. Skid-Row Atmosphere. Restricted Personal Services have serious objectionable characteristics especially when several of them are located in close proximity to each other. The concentration tends to create a “skid-row” atmosphere and has a deleterious effect upon the adjacent area. Regulation of the locations of these uses is necessary to ensure that the adverse effects will not cause or contribute to the blight or the downgrading of neighborhoods and businesses situated in proximity to the Restricted Personal Services. D. Prevent Deleterious Effects. The regulations specified in this Section are necessary and will tend to prevent the clustering of Restricted Personal Services. The specified regulations will serve to help prevent the deleterious effects of blight and the resultant downgrading of real property values. The regulations will also serve to promote the orderly planning, development and utilization of neighborhood and business premises. E. Anti-Skid-Row Regulations. Excepting the provisions of Article 5 (Nonconformities) pertaining to nonconforming uses, no parcel of property in any zone or any structure thereon, or any portion thereof, within the City, shall be used for a Restricted Personal Service use at a location closer than 500 feet from another Restricted Personal Service use nor 500 feet from the below-indicated uses (whether the use is located within or outside the City): 1. Bingo halls, bowling alleys, electric game centers, internet cafes, ping-pong centers, pool and billiard halls, and private clubs and lodges; 2. Hotels and motels; 3. School property line (universities, community colleges, high schools, junior high schools, elementary and nursery schools); 4. State-licensed childcare day care centers and/or large family day care facilities; and 5. Any parcel zoned single-family residential or mixed-use. 6. Any adult-oriented business use, as defined in Article 8. F. Permit Requirements. Restricted Personal Services are allowed as specified in Article 2 (Zones, Allowable Uses, and Development Standards).