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dates incorporation. When the City adopted its Land Development Regulations, adult entertainment uses were identified as prohibited uses in commercial zoning districts. While adult uses are generally seen as nuisances, the City cannot outright ban adult uses within the City. Currently, "the Dollhouse" is the only adult use in the City. However, the Dollhouse is a nonconforming use within the Town Center District. If the Dollhouse ceases to operate for a period of more than ninety (90) days, the Dollhouse will not have the ability to reopen in the City because adult use is not a permitted use in any zoning districts. The purpose of this Ordinance is to ensure that the City's zoning code is consistent with the law and to provide a designated area for the location of adult uses. B. Existing conditions The City of Sunny Isles Beach encompasses 2.63 square miles (just over 1,686 acres) of land and water between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway. The actual land area within the City is just under 950 acres, with few vacant properties. The predominant land use is residential, with medium to high-density residential comprising the majority of the residential acreage. Business uses include four shopping centers primarily concentrated along the west side of Collins A venue and also adjacent to Sunny Isles Boulevard. The limited areas suitable for commercial use, the physical constraints of the City and the existing residential development patterns severely curtail the siting of adult entertainment uses within the City. There is no industrial area in the City. Indeed, there are only two Zoning Districts which support commercial enterprises: the B-] Neighborhood Business and the TC Town Center District. The Neighborhood Business Districts are designed "to provide locations for convenience shopping facilities in which those retail commercial uses shall predominate that have a neighborhood-oriented market and which supply necessities that usually require frequent purchasing and with a minimum of consumer travel" and "such districts should not be so large or broad in scope of services as to attract substantial trade from outside the neighborhood. " The intent of the Town Center District "is to foster land assemblage into development sites of greater than three acres in size to promote integrated mixed-use development; improved site and architectural design that promotes safe and active pedestrian environments; interrelated and compatible land uses that encourage regionally oriented business and activities serving the City of Sunny Isles Beach, tourist populations and surrounding communities; and, the restriction of those uses and development patterns that are in conflict with these policies and objectives." Because the Town Center District is intended to attract regional businesses, it is the more appropriate district for Adult Entertainment uses. However, since the Town Center Page 2 of 8