Sec. 150.101. - Legislative findings.

The Council makes the following legislative findings: (a) There are businesses in the City which allow, or engage in, possession, display, exhibition, distribution and sale of books, magazines, motion pictures, prints, photographs, periodicals, records, novelties and devices which depict, illustrate, describe or relate to specified sexual activities. (b) There are businesses in the City where parts of one person are treated or encountered by rubbing, stroking, kneading or tapping by a second person, accompanied by the display or exposure of specified anatomical areas. (c) There are businesses in the City which allow or encourage employees, agents or other persons to display or expose specified anatomical areas. (d) When the activities detailed in subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this Section are present in an area of the City, other activities tend to accompany them which are illegal, immoral or unhealthful, such as prostitution, pandering, solicitation for prostitution, lewd and lascivious behavior, exposing minors to harmful materials, possession, distribution and transportation of obscene materials, sale or possession of controlled substances and violent crimes against persons and property, and these illegal, immoral or unhealthful activities tend to concentrate around and be aggravated by the presence of the activities detailed in subsections (a) and (b) and (c) of this Section. (e) The buildings and establishments in which these activities and business operations take place: (1) Are conducive to and are often used for the commission of immoral, lewd, indecent or illegal acts. (2) Are constructed, in part or in whole, of substandard materials or in disregard for the health and safety of patrons and customers. (f) The business operations and activities mentioned in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section are commercial ventures, operated for the purpose of making a profit, and as such are proper subjects for regulation by the City in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the public. (Ord. 77-257-256, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 94-190-651, § 1) Note— Former § 410.101.