(A) The purposes of this chapter are:
(1) To protect neighborhoods from the noise, the blighting influence, and the increase in crime brought about by the concentration and harmful location of adult entertainment establishments;
(2) To prevent the unsanitary conditions which exist at “adult amusement arcades” and to prevent health risks caused by illicit and unlawful sexual relations in such public establishments;
(3) To protect children and the family environment from the deleterious and harmful effects of exposure to certain sexually explicit matter; and
(4) To obtain the identity of persons licensed and to be licensed for the operation of establishments selling, showing, or renting certain sexually explicit material in order to identify the persons responsible for operating such businesses and assist in enforcing this chapter.
(B) It is not the purpose of this chapter to establish community standards on obscenity nor to permit persons to engage in any activity which is in violation of law, including but not limited to city and state laws pertaining to the advertising, promotion, distribution, or sale of obscene material or materials portraying a sexual performance by a minor, or state laws pertaining to use of a minor in a sexual performance or promotion of a sexual performance by a minor, or the use of a minor to distribute material portraying a sexual performance by a minor.
(Ord. 15-1987, passed 10-5-87)