YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE
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Semi-nude: means a state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic
region and female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola, as well as
portions of the body that are covered by supporting straps or devices.
Nude, Nudity or State of Nudity: means any of the following:
(1) The appearance of human anus, genitals, or female breast below a point immediately above
the top of the areola.
(2) A state of dress which fails to opaquely cover a human anus, genitals or areola of the female
breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola.
Place of Worship: as used in this Section means a structure where persons regularly assembly
for worship, ceremonies, rituals and education relating to a particular form of religious belief and
which a reasonable person would conclude is a place of worship by reason of design, signs or
architectural or other features.
Residence: as used in this Section means a permanent dwelling place.
Specific Anatomical Areas: means any of the following:
(1) A human anus, genitals, pubic region or a female breast below a point immediately above the
top of the areola that is less than completely and opaquely covered.
(2) Male genitals in a discernibly turgid state even if completely and opaquely covered.
Specific Sexual Activities: means and includes any of the following:
(1) Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
(2) Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female
breasts.
(3) Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including acts of human masturbation,
sexual intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy.
(4) Excretory functions as part of, or in connection with, any of the activities set forth in (1)
through (3) of this Definition.
C. ESTABLISHMENT AND LOCATION OF SEX ORIENTED BUSINESSES:
The establishment of a sex oriented business shall be permitted only in C3 (Commercial - Minor
Industrial), PM (Performance Industrial), M1 (Industrial -General Limited), and M2 (Industrial -
Heavy) Zoning Districts and shall be subject to the following spacing restriction:
1. No person shall cause or permit the establishment of any sex oriented business as defined
in this Section, within one thousand feet (1,000’) of another sex oriented business.
2. An adult oriented business shall not be located within one-fourth (1/4) mile of a child
care facility, a private, public or charter school, a public playground, a public recreational
facility, a residence or a place of worship.
D. MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE: For the purpose of measuring separation distances in this
Section:
1. The distance between any two (2) sex oriented businesses shall be measured in a straight
line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest exterior
structural wall of each business.
2. The distance measurements shall be made in a straight line in all directions, without
regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest point on the property line of