|
Subd. 2:Definitions.
<br />A. "Adult Use" shall mean and include every type and variety of bookstore, adult motion picture
<br />theater, adult motion picture sales/rental operation, adult mini-motion picture theater,
<br />massage parlor, steam room/bathhouse/sauna facility, companionship establishment,
<br />rap/conversation parlor, adult health/sport club, cabaret, adult gift or novelty business,
<br />motion picture arcade, adult modeling studio, adult hotel/motel, body painting studio, and any
<br />other premises, enterprise, establishment, business, operation, or place that is open to some
<br />or all members of the public, at, in, on, or from which materials, entertainment, or services
<br />are presented, displayed, depicted, described, distributed, sold, or rented that constitute or
<br />contain an emphasis on Specified Anatomical Areas or Specified Sexual Activities, and shall
<br />include each and every Specified Adult Business. Any activity or material that is classified
<br />as obscene under Minnesota Statutes Section 617.241, as the same may hereafter be amended, does
<br />not constitute an adult use and are specifically prohibited.
<br />1.
<br />2.
<br />Adult Use - Principal. An Adult Use in, on, or from which the sole or a dominant
<br />activity involves the presentation, display, depiction, description, distribution,
<br />sale, or rental of goods, services, entertainment, or materials that constitute or
<br />contain an emphasis on Specified Anatomical Areas or Specified Sexual Activities.
<br />Adult Use - Accessory. An Adult Use for which the presentation, display, depiction,
<br />description, distribution, sale, or rental of goods, services, entertainment, or
<br />materials that constitute or contain an emphasis on Specified Anatomical Areas or
<br />Specified Sexual Activities is not a dominant activity. An Adult Use - Accessory
<br />typically does not involve or include any activity except the sale or rental of
<br />merchandise.
<br />3.
<br />4.
<br />Adult Use - Exempt. An Adult Use wherein the presentation, display, depiction,
<br />description, distribution, sale, or rental of goods, services, entertainment, or
<br />materials that constitute or contain an emphasis on Specified Anatomical Areas or
<br />Specified Sexual Activities is conducted only on a diminutive scale, such that it is
<br />extremely incidental to any dominant activity and, individually or in combination,
<br />occupies or comprises less than five (5) square feet of the total floor, wall, and shelf
<br />area of the Adult Use, Adult Uses - Exempt shall not include or involve any activity
<br />except the sale or rental of merchandise, and no external or internal advertising of
<br />any adult or sexually-oriented merchandise shall be permitted.
<br />For purposes of this Section, the temi "dominant activity" shall mean any activity or
<br />activities that, individually or in combination, provide at least twenty percent (20%)
<br />of the gross receipts of the Adult Use’s entire business operation at that site, or and
<br />occupy or comprise up to ten percent (10%) or more of the total floor, wall, and shelf
<br />area w ithin the site or 150 square feet or more of floor, w all, and shelf area within
<br />the site.
<br />Page 3 of 10
|