Sec. 44-976. - Purpose.

(a)

The intent of this division is to regulate adult oriented businesses which, because of their very nature, are believed to have many recognized significant secondary effects on the community which include, but are not limited to: depreciated property values and increased vacancies in residential areas in the vicinity of the adult oriented businesses; higher crime rates, noise, debris, or vandalism in the vicinity of adult oriented businesses; and blighting conditions such as low level maintenance of commercial premises and parking lots which thereby have a deleterious effect upon adjacent areas. Special regulation of these uses is necessary to ensure that these adverse effects will not contribute to the blighting or downgrading of the neighborhoods in the vicinity of the adult oriented businesses. It is neither the intent nor effect of this section to impose limitations or restrictions on the content of any communicative material. Similarly, it is neither the intent, nor effect of this section to restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented materials or merchandise protected by the first amendment, or to deny access by the distributors or exhibitors of adult oriented business to their intended market.

(b)

Nothing in this section is intended to authorize, legalize, or permit the establishment, operation, or maintenance of any business, building, or use which violates any City ordinance or any statute of the State

of California regarding public nuisances, unlawful exposure, sexual conduct, lewdness, or obscene or harmful matter or the exhibition or public display thereof.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 3, 5-5-2015)