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<br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CITY OF CENTERVIJLLE <br />ANOKA COUNTY, l\UNNESO'1I'A <br /> <br />OllUliUNANCE NO. 61 <br /> <br />At'\! ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF ADULT ORIENTED <br />BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF CENTER VlLLE; PROVIDING FOR THE <br />ISSUAJ.'fCE OF LICENSES MID COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFORE; <br />PROVIDING PENALTIES fOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, <br /> <br />The City Council of the City ofCenterville does ordain as follows: <br /> <br />ADULT ESTABLlSHlVIENlS <br /> <br />S'e4:tnoill! iPmrpose lllllli [ntre,U. <br /> <br />Subdivision I, Findings It is the purpose of this Ordinance to regulate Adult <br />Oriented Businesses to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the <br />citizens of the City and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to: <br /> <br />(a) Prevent additional criminal activity within the City; <br /> <br />(b) Prevent deterioration of neighborhoods and its consequent adverse effect <br />on real estate values of properties within the neighborhood; <br /> <br />(c) To locate Adult Oriented Businesses away from residential areas, schools, <br />churches, and parks and playgrounds; <br /> <br />(d) Prevent concentration of Adult Oriented Businesses within certain areas of <br />the City, <br /> <br />Subdivision 2, The provisions of this Ordinance have neither the purpose nor <br />effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative <br />materials, including Adult oriented materials, Similarly, it is not the intent nor effect of <br />this Ordinance to restrict or deny access by adults to Adult oriented materials protected by <br />the First Amendment, or to deny access by distributors and exhibitors of Adult oriented <br />entertainment to their intended market, <br /> <br />SlfctiO}II 2. Jl)elfiillitimis. <br /> <br />Subdivision i. F Of purposes of ,his section the terms defined in this section have <br />the meanings given them, <br /> <br />ADULIORD.\iVPS <br />