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§ 113.03 CLASSIFICATION.
   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)
§ 113.04 APPLICABILITY TO EXISTING BUSINESSES.
   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)
§ 113.05 VIOLATIONS AND ABATEMENT.
   (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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