Redlands Municipal Code Ch. 9.18 Blinder Racks

Unless otherwise stated, words and terms are defined as follows:

BLINDER RACK: An opaque device, which serves to completely obscure harmful matter, placed in such fashion so that the lower two-thirds (2/3) of the harmful matter is not exposed to view.

EXHIBIT: To show or display.

HARMFUL MATTER: Matter, taken as a whole, the predominant appeal of which to the average person, applying contemporary statewide standards, is to prurient interest, meaning a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion, and is patently offensive to the prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors, and lacks significant literary, artistic, political, educational, or scientific value for minors.

MATTER: Any book, magazine, newspaper, video recording, or other printed or written material or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, or other pictorial representation or any statue or other figure, or any recording, transcription, or mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction or any other articles, equipment, machines, or materials.

MINOR: Any natural person under eighteen (18) years of age.

PERSON: Any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other legal entity. (Ord. 2139 § 1, 1990)

No person shall exhibit matter which is harmful to minors in any public place, other than a public place from which minors are excluded, unless "blinder racks" are placed in front of the matter. (Ord. 2139 § 1, 1990)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 2139 § 1, 1990)