(a) No person shall promote pornography. A person commits the offense of promoting pornography if, knowing its contents and character, he or she:
(1) Disseminates or causes to be disseminated pornographic material in or from a public place or vehicle, or for valuable consideration; or has in his or her possession pornographic material with the intent to so disseminate it; or knowingly allows the use of a business, building, vehicle or place owned, leased, conducted or managed by him or her for such dissemination of pornographic materials;
(2) Sells an admission ticket or pass to premises where there is being exhibited or is about to be exhibited material or a performance which is pornographic.
(3) Admits, by accepting a ticket or pass, a person to premises where there is being exhibited or is about to be exhibited material or a performance which is pornographic.
(4) Produces, presents or directs a pornographic performance before an audience or knowingly allows the use of a business, building, vehicle or place owned, leased, conducted or managed by him or her for a pornographic performance before an audience;
(5) Participates in that portion of a live performance before an audience which makes it pornographic; or
(6) Panders, displays publicly or disseminates door-to-door any pornographic material or performance, or causes such pandering, public display or door-to-door dissemination.
(b) For the purpose of this section, possession of six or more identical copies of any pornographic material by a person engaged in the business of disseminating material shall be prima-facie evidence of possession with intent to disseminate for valuable consideration.
(Ord. 55. Passed 1-20-81.)