Section 5.72.010 Purpose

A. It is the purpose of this ordinance to regulate sexually oriented businesses and related activities to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City, and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the deleterious location and concentration of sexually oriented businesses within the City. The provisions of this ordinance have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any legally protected communicative materials, including sexually oriented materials. Similarly, it is not the intent nor effect of this ordinance to restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented materials protected by the First Amendment, or to deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market. Neither is it the intent nor effect of this ordinance to condone or legitimize the distribution of obscene materials.

B. It is the objective of this Chapter that the City establish reasonable and uniform regulations governing the time, place, and manner of operations of sexually oriented businesses and their employees doing business in the City. This Chapter shall be construed to protect the governmental interests in protecting the health, safety and welfare of this community in a manner consistent with constitutional protection provided by the United States and Utah Constitutions.