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Memo 2nd Reading Ordinance Adult Uses ~':.-\.." '-~. ~~! ",'< . . . " , C I T Y. 0 F HOPKINS MEMORANDUM DATE: February 10, 1992. City Council TO: FROM: Nancy Anderson Second reading of Ordinance to regulate adult Uses SUBJECT: Attached for your review is Ordinance 92-703, which will regulate adult oriented businesses. A section has been added that will regulate :adult establishments. The Council's action is to approve Ordinance 92-703 for second reading and order it published. -~- CITY OF HOPKINS Hennepin County, Minnesota ORDINANCE NO. 92-703 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESSES BE IT ORDAINED, by the city Council of the City of Hopkins as follows: That the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance No. the same is hereby amended by adding provisions: 515-570 be. and the following Subd. 4. Adul t Establishments. Any business which excludes minors and offers its patrons services, entertainment, or the sale of merchandise characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, exposing describing, discussing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. specifically included in the term, but without limitation, are adult cabarets, adult hotels or motels, adult modeling studios, escort services, hostess services, dancing services, massage parlors, saunas, body painting studios, rap or conversation parlor, and adult encounter or sensitivity group and other adult establishments. Subd. 5. Adul t motion picture theater. An enclosed building or portion thereof or open air projection facility engaged in the business of presenting film, video tape or other similar motion pictures, which excludes minors from the premises, or which is distinguished or characterized by its emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual conduct as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 61 7 . 241 . Subd . 1 . ( b) . Subd. 6. Adul t novelty business and bookstore. An establishment having novelty items, books, magazines, and other periodicals as its stock in trade, which excludes minors from the premises, or which stock in trade is distinguished or characterized by its emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual conduct, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 617.241. Subd. 1.(b). That all other subdivisions following the above subdivision are hereby renumbered. section 535.0~ subd. 3 1. Adult establishment 2. Adult motion picture theater 3. Adult novelty business and bookstore B-3 (2)XCC (2)XCC (2)XCC That all other permitted uses under subdivision 3 are hereby renumbered. section 535.03 subd. 2. Conditional uses with B districts. CC) Adult establishment, adult motion picture theater, adult novelty, and bookstore provided: 1. that the site is a minimum distance of 300 feet from a residential zoned district; 2. that the site is a minimum distance of 1,000 feet of any church, school, or park; 3. that the site is a minimum distance of 1,000 feet from another adult theater, bookstore or novelty business; 4. all entrances to the building or buildings, wi th the possible exception of emergency fire exits which are not usable by patrons to enter the building, shall be visible from a public right-of-way; 5. the layout of display area shall be designed so that the management of the establishment and/or law enforcement personnel can observe all patrons which they have access to any merchandise offered for sale or review including, but not limited to, books, magazines, photographs, video tapes or other motion pictures; 6. the premises shall not be open for business between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; First Reading: February 4, 1992 Second Reading: February 18, 1992 Date of Publication: March 4, 1992 Date Ordinance is Effective: March 24, 1992 Nelson W. Berg, Mayor ATTEST: James A. Genellie, City Clerk