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Sexually-oriented businesses are classified as follows:
(A) Adult arcades;
(B) Adult bookstores, adult novelty shops or adult video stores;
(C) Adult cabarets;
(D) Adult motels;
(E) Adult motion picture theaters;
(F) Adult theaters;
(G) Adult vending machines;
(H) Escort agencies;
(I) Nude model studios; and
(J) Sexual encounter centers.
(Prior Code, § 8-3-3)
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the activities of all persons and sexually-oriented businesses described herein, whether such business or activities were established or commenced before, on or after the effective date of this section; except that, the requirements that sexually-oriented businesses be separated from certain types of land uses shall not apply to businesses existing on the date of passage of this chapter. For purposes of this section, a use shall be considered existing or established if it is in existence as of 4-26-2001.
(Prior Code, § 8-3-27)
(A) It shall be unlawful for a person having a duty under this chapter to knowingly fail to fulfill that duty.
(B) A person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a class one misdemeanor.
(C) In addition to prosecution for a criminal violation of this chapter, the operation of a sexually- oriented business without a valid license shall constitute a nuisance and the Town Attorney may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against a person or entity operating or causing to be operated such business for injunctive relief or to abate the nuisance arising out of violation of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 8-3-28) Penalty, see § 113.99
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