131-121 Use Group A: Amusements

Use Group A consists of a group of #uses#, selected from Use Groups 12, 13 and 15, as modified in this Section, and may be open or enclosed:

Use Group A1

      Amusement arcades

      Amusement parks, with no limitation on floor area per establishment

      Animal exhibits, circuses, carnivals or fairs of a temporary nature

      Camps, overnight or day, #commercial# beaches or swimming pools

      Dark rides, electronic or computer-supported games, including interactive entertainment facilities, laser tag and motion simulators

      Ferris wheels, flume rides, roller coasters, whips, parachute jumps, dodgem scooters, merry-go-rounds or similar midway attractions

      Fortune tellers, freak shows, haunted houses, wax museums, or similar midway attractions

      Miniature golf courses and model car hobby centers, including racing

      Open booths with games of skill or chance, including shooting galleries

      Water parks

Use Group A2

      Arenas or auditoriums, with capacity limited to 2,000 seats

      Billiard parlors or pool halls, table tennis halls or bowling alleys, with no limitation on number of bowling lanes per establishment

      Gymnasiums or recreational sports facilities, including but not limited to indoor golf driving ranges, batting cages, basketball, volleyball, squash and other courts, without membership requirements

      Skateboard parks, roller or ice skating rinks

      Theaters, including movie theaters, provided such #use# does not occupy the ground floor level of a #building#, except for lobbies limited to a maximum #street# frontage of 30 feet, except that on #corner lots# one #street# frontage may extend up to 100 feet.

      #Accessory uses# to the amusements listed in this Section, including the display and sale of goods or services, provided:

1. such #accessory uses# are limited to not more that 25 percent of the #floor area# of the amusement establishment or, for open #uses#, not more than 25 percent of the #lot area#;


2. such #accessory uses# shall be entered only through the principal amusement establishment;


3. such #accessory uses# shall share common cash registers with the principal amusement #use#;


4. such #accessory uses# shall have the same hours of operation as the principal amusement #use#; and


5. the principal amusement #use# shall occupy the entire #street# frontage of the ground floor level of the establishment and shall extend to a depth of at least 30 feet from the #street wall# of the #building# or, for open #uses#, at least 30 feet from the #street line#.