(A) Based on the items established in § 112.01, Dare County finds that those individuals who desire to purchase, lease, or sell those items or services listed in § 112.01(A) or individuals who wish to participate in activities listed in § 112.01(B) have reasonable alternative avenues available to do so including but not limited to:
(1) Access to those items and services within the immediate vicinity of the unincorporated portions of Dare County which permit the sale and distribution of these types of items and services;
(2) Access to those items and services within the regional vicinity of the unincorporated portions of Dare County, including locations in unincorporated Currituck County, North Carolina, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and the incorporated portions of Tidewater Virginia;
(3) Access to cable television, including premium channels, pay-per-view channels and adult channels;
(4) Access to satellite dish transmissions;
(5) Internet access;
(6) Telephone access;
(7) Access to on-line computer services;
(8) Access to these materials via mail and other delivery services.
(B) Notwithstanding the remaining sections of this ordinance, Dare County expressly prohibits, anywhere within the unincorporated portions of Dare County, the establishment and operation of an adult business as defined hereinafter including, but not limited to adult cabarets, adult theaters, adult motels, sexual encounter centers, massage businesses and other similar adult businesses.
(C) This section will apply regardless of any conflict with any other section of the Dare County Code, except § 10.07.
(Prior Code, § 112.02) (Ord. passed 7-6-1999)