It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented business or club to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of the city, to preserve property values and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent deleterious effects of adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented business or club within the city. The provisions of this chapter have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction, on the content of any communicative materials, including adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented materials. Similarly, it is not the intent or effect of this chapter to restrict or to deny access by adults to adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented materials protected by the First Amendment, or to deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market. Neither is it the intent nor effect of this chapter in any way to condone or legitimize the distribution of materials which are obscene or harmful to minors.
(Ord. 116-99. Passed 9-20-99)