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Subd. 5. In addition to the proper zoning classification of such uses, there are a number • of significant planning and land use issues pertaining to the regulation of such uses, including the following: A. The particular zoning districts in which such uses should be allowed as either permitted or conditional uses. B. The concentration and density of such uses in the City and its neighborhoods. C. The effect of such uses on other uses in the surrounding area. 329.02 Definitions For the purposes of this ordinance, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below: Subd. 1. Adult Establishment. Adult Establishment means: A. Adult Patronage. Any business that is conducted exclusively for the patronage of adults and that excludes minors from patronage, either by operation of law or by the owners of the business; B. Receipts; Floor Area: Types of Merchandise. Any business that (i) derives 25% or more of its gross receipts during any calendar month from, or (ii) devotes 25% or more of its floor area (not including storerooms, stock areas, bathrooms, basements, or any portion of the business not open to the public) to, items, merchandise, devices or other materials distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on material depicting, exposing, describing, discussing, or relating to Specified Sexual Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas; or C. Adult Usage. Any business that engages in any Adult Use. Subd. 2. Adult Uses. Generally. "Adult Uses" include adult book stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult mini -motion picture theaters, adult massage parlors, adult steam room/bathhouse/sauna facilities, adult companionship parlors, adult health/sport clubs, adult cabarets, adult novelty businesses, adult motion picture arcades, adult modeling studios, adult hotels/motels, adult body painting studios, and other premises, enterprises, or establishments, businesses or places open to some or all members of the public at or in which there is an emphasis on the presentation, display, depiction or description of Specified Sexual Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas which are capable of being seen, heard, or smelled by members of the public. Activities and matters classified as obscene as defined by Minnesota Statutes 617.241 are not included as an Adult Use and are prohibited in the City of Arden Hills. Adult Uses include but are not limited to the following: A. Adult Body Painting Studio. An establishment or business which provides the • service of applying paint or other substance, whether transparent or non - transparent, to or on the body of a patron when such body is wholly or partially nude in terms of "Specified Anatomical Areas." 329-3