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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE NO. 99-153 <br />BY: MAYOR MUSIAL <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 761. 01 OF <br />CHAPTER 761 OF THE BUSINESS REGULATION CODE OF <br />THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, ENTITLED "ADULT <br />ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES, " IN ORDER TO DEFINE <br />THE WORD "FEATURES" AS USED IN SAID SECTION OF <br />CHAPTER 761, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, on March 9, 1996, this Council adopted Chapter 761 of the Business <br />Regulation Code, entitled "Adult Entertainment Business," for the purpose of licensing and <br />limiting the locations of adult entertainment businesses in the City of North Olmsted in order <br />to, inter alia, lessen the harmful secondary effects of such businesses; and <br />WHEREAS, a question has arisen as to whether businesses or establishments which <br />provide adult entertainment materials to patrons on a one-night performance, or other limited, <br />basis, may be considered to be "featuring" such materials and therefore regulated as adult <br />entertainment businesses pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 761; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to provide a definition for the word <br />"features" as used in Chapter 761 so as to make it clear that businesses or establishments <br />which provide any adult entertainment materials to patrons whether on a one-night basis, a <br />limited basis, or other basis, shall be considered to have "featured" those materials within the <br />scope of the regulatory provisions of said Chapter 761; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council specifically finds that even limited engagements, showings or <br />other presentations of adult materials by businesses which do not on a regular basis engage, <br />show or present adult materials to their patrons and the general public are nuisance activities <br />which can and will have harmful secondary effects upon the health, safety, morals and general <br />welfare of the residents of North Olmsted; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That Section 761.01 of Chapter 761 of the Business Regulation Code, <br />which is entitled "Adult Entertainment Business," which presently reads as follows: <br />; :a.;,wx-Y.teR .. . . . . . . . . . . .. ... .. . . . .. . . ... . . . . , .... ... ? - . <br />II