No person shall knowingly sell, lend, give away, distribute, show or transmute, or offer to sell, lend, give away, distribute, show or transmute, or have in his or her possession, with intent to sell, lend, give away, distribute, show or transmute, or advertise in any manner, or otherwise knowingly offer for loan, gift, sale or distribution, any obscene, lewd, lascivious or masochistic book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, story paper, writing paper, phonograph record, picture, photograph, motion picture film, figure, image, wire or tape recording, or any written, printed or recorded matter of an indecent character, which is distinguished or characterized by its emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined in Section 680.01, which may or may not require mechanical or other means to be transmuted into auditory, visual or sensory representation of such character.
For the purpose of this section, possession of three or more identical copies, or three or more articles, of any obscene, lewd, lascivious or masochistic books, magazines, pamphlets, newspapers, story papers, writing papers, phonograph records, picture drawings, photographs, slides, motion picture films, figures, images, wire or tape recordings, or any written, printed or recorded matter of an indecent character, which is distinguished or characterized by its emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, shall be prima-facie evidence of possession with intent to sell, lend, give away, distribute, show or transmute said materials.
(Ord. 237. Passed 7-22-74.)