The AJC reports that the City of Milton, GA (our sister city in that we became cities on the same day) recently approved adult business restrictions:
In Milton, adult businesses can only locate in areas zoned for industrial and commercial businesses. And the city bars sexually oriented businesses within 500 feet of agricultural or residential property.
The City of Milton, better known for its horse farms and upscale subdivisions, believes that it has effectively shut the door on adult businesses without outright banning them:
Put together, the only places left are along Windward Parkway from Ga. 9 to Deerfield Parkway — where properties have deed restrictions banning adult businesses.
The area is part of a 520-acre mixed-use project developed by Hines Interests Limited Partnership, which imposed the deed restrictions in 1997. Also banned by the covenants are junk yards, jails, sewage treatment plants, and iron smelting factories.
Milton’s restrictions on adult businesses are not without its critics:
Alan Begner, an Atlanta attorney specializing in adult businesses, said he doesn’t believe Milton’s plan would stand up in court.
Not to be outdone on the topic of adult businesses, Mr. Cornetta of the Love Shack fame is quoted:
The owner of the Love Shack, John Cornetta, doesn’t exactly see rural Milton as a hot prospect.
“What makes these people think I would put an adult store in a farmhouse?” he said. “I’m not going to sell adult DVDs to chickens.”
