1992-703
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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 ~s f~lows:
That the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance No.
the same is hereby amended by adding
provisions:
515-570 be and
the following
Subd. 4. Adult Establishments. Any business ~hich
excludes minors and offers its patrons serV1ces,
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
617 . 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 535.01 subd. 3
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1. Adult establishment
2. Adult motion picture theater
3. Adult novelty business and bookstore
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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 m1n1mum distance of 1,000 feet
from another adult theater, bookstore or novelty business;
4. all entrances to the building or buildings, with
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 while 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
February 18, 1992
March 4, 1992
March
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Second Reading:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance is Effective: