This article is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred by paragraph (d) of Section 313.1 of the California Penal Code and the City Charter, and pursuant to the police powers vested in cities by Chapter XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution. The city council finds that the exhibition to minors of harmful matter seriously threatens to corrupt the morals and character of the youth of this city.
The interior of business establishments to which members of the general public are admitted constitute "public places" within the meaning of and as those terms are used in paragraph (d) of Section 313.1 of the Penal Code. Business establishments to which members of the general public are admitted are not, when entered by minors, "a public place from which minors are excluded" within the meaning of and as those terms are used in paragraph (d) of Section 313.1 of the Penal Code. It is the intent of this article to require business establishments frequented by members of the general public to either:
A. Prevent minors from entering; or
B. Shield harmful matter which minors may see with blinder racks in the manner prescribed herein.
It is also the purpose of this chapter to require blinder racks shielding from view harmful matter which may be viewed by minors from public property. (Prior code § 24.03.020)