§ 3-9-80. Pain management clinics.

(a)

Intent. The intent of this section is to provide development, location, and operation criteria for pain management clinics in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the general public.

(b)

Applicability. This section is applicable to all pain management clinics within unincorporated Charlotte County.

(c)

Separation requirements. Pain management clinics and pharmacies shall not be colocated on the same property. Further, pain management clinics shall not operate within one thousand (1,000) feet of any pharmacy, school, day care center, or house of worship. Pain management clinics also shall not operate within two (2) miles of Interstate 75. Pain management clinics shall not operate within five (5) miles of another pain management clinic. Distances shall be measured by a straight line without regard to intervening buildings from the centerpoint of the building within which the proposed pain management clinic is to be located to the centerpoint of the building in which the pharmacy, school, day care facility, or place of worship is located, or centerpoint of the right-of-way for Interstate 75. The use of aerial maps and a geographic information system shall be a sufficient method to measure any separation distance.

(d)

Operating hours. Pain management clinics shall only be allowed to operate between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Pain management clinics shall not operate on Sundays.

(Ord. No. 2011-030, § 4, 7-26-11; Ord. No. 2014-041, § 1(Exh. A), 11-25-14)