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10.151(2)(a)—(5)(a)1. <br /> v. City of Charlotte, 979 F. Supp. 372 (W.D. N.C. of the Adult Entertainment Overlay District is to <br /> 1997); Venture I, Inc. v. Orange County, Tex., regulate the location of such establishments;and <br /> 947 F. Supp. 271 (E.D. Tex. 1996); Community (f) 1. Nothing in this section shall be construed <br /> Visual Communications, Inc. v. City of San to permit the regulation of any activities <br /> Antonio, 148 F. Supp. 2d 764 (W.D. Tex. 2000); conducted in adult entertainment establishments <br /> Bronco's Entertainment, Ltd. v. Charter Tp. of which are entitled to protection under the First <br /> Van Buren, 421 F.3d 440 (6th Cir. 2005); Amendment of the United States Constitution, <br /> Brandywine, Inc. v. City of Richmond, Kentucky, including: <br /> 359 F.3d 830 (6th Cir. 2004); Holmberg v. City of a. plays, operas, musicals or other dramatic <br /> Ramsey, 12 F.3d 1413 (8th Cir. 1994); Wooster works that are not obscene; <br /> v. Entertainment One, Inc., 158 Ohio App. 3d b. classes, seminars, or lectures which are <br /> 161 (2004); Grand Brittain, Inc. v. City of held for a serious scientific or educational <br /> Amarillo, Tex., 27 F.3d 1068 (5th Cir. 1994); purpose and that are not obscene. <br /> Tollis, Inc. v. City of County of San Diego, 505 c. rental or sale of video cassettes, DVD <br /> F.3d 935 (9th Cir. 2007); as well as finding from videodiscs, or other electronic media for private <br /> papers, articles, studies and information from viewing off the premises. <br /> other communities including, but not limited to, 2. Whether or not an activity is obscene shall <br /> Fort Worth & Dallas, Texas; Palm Beach County, be judged by consideration of the following <br /> Florida; Garden Grove, California; Austin, Texas; factors: <br /> Phoenix, Arizona; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Los a. whether the average person, applying <br /> Angeles, California, the County of Dane, relying contemporary community standards, would find <br /> upon the experience of other local governments that the activity taken as a whole appeals to <br /> in this state and throughout the country, finds as prurient interest in sex; <br /> follows: b. whether the activity depicts or describes <br /> (a) That adult entertainment establishments sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, as <br /> may have an adverse secondary effect on the measured against community standards; and <br /> surrounding community because the sexual c. whether the activity taken as a whole lacks <br /> nature of the business may, regardless of the serious literary, artistic, political or scientific <br /> intentions of the proprietors, attract persons value. <br /> seeking prostitution or unlawful drugs, or who (3) The overlay district shall apply only to all <br /> are inclined to be disorderly or disruptive; lands zoned M-1 Industrial. <br /> (b) Adult entertainment establishments are an (4) An adult entertainment establishment shall <br /> intense commercial use which create a large be a permitted use within the overlay district. <br /> volume of foot and automobile traffic in the (5) Standards for siting of adult entertainment <br /> vicinity of the establishment, which may require establishments. Adult entertainment establish- <br /> police and other municipal services which may ments shall meet all of the following <br /> not be readily available in towns, and which may requirements: <br /> conflict with the preservation of farmland by (a) Location of any particular adult <br /> encouraging scattered commercial development; entertainment establishment must be not less <br /> (c) Adult entertainment establishments have than 1,000 feet from any church, synagogue, <br /> their peak activity at hours and days which are temple, mosque or any other place of worship, <br /> incompatible with residential uses, and have a any residentially zoned district, park, school, <br /> larger customer volume than other entertainment playground, day care center, public library and <br /> establishments; any other adult book store or adult entertainment <br /> (d) Because of the potential for negative establishment. <br /> impacts on property values, the peace and good 1. Measurement shall be made in a straight <br /> order of the community and the welfare of line, without 'regard to intervening structures or <br /> individuals affected by adult entertainment objects, from the nearest portion of the building <br /> establishments, it is necessary to minimize the or structure used as the part of the premises <br /> secondary effects of adult entertainment; where adult entertainment is conducted, to the <br /> (e) It is the intent of this section to protect the nearest property line of the premises of a use <br /> health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Dane listed in sub (a). Presence of a City, County or <br /> County and to further preserve the quality of life other municipal boundary shall not affect the <br /> and to preserve the urban and rural calculation and application of the distance <br /> characteristics of its neighborhoods. The intent requirements of sub (a). <br /> Page 10-39 <br /> rev. 013116 <br />