(a) Purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to designate areas where Sexually Oriented Businesses may be located in order to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizens of the Village, and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the deleterious location and concentration of Sexually Oriented Businesses within the Village. The provisions of this amendment do not have the purpose or effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, including sexually oriented materials. Further, it is not the intent of this amendment to restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented materials protected by the First Amendment, or to deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market. Neither is it the intent nor effect of this amendment to condone or legitimize the distribution of obscene material.
(b) Findings. There is substantial evidence concerning the adverse secondary effects of adult uses on the community in findings incorporated in the cases of City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1986), Young v. American Mini Theatres, 426 U.S. 50 (1976), and Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., 501 U.S. 560 (1991), and on studies in other communities.
(Ord. 2130-06. Passed 5-15-06.)