"Everything you always wanted to know about regulating sex businesses"
By: Eric Damian Kelly and Connie Cooper.
Contributors: Cooper, Connie B.; American Planning Association.
Series: Planning advisory service report ;; no. 495/496; Report (American Planning Association. Planning Advisory Service) ;; no. 495/496.
Publisher: American Planning Association
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Pornography -- United States.; Sex-oriented businesses -- United States.; Sex-oriented businesses -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Description: Sex is big business, and the Internet is making it bigger. This report is a practical guide to the regulation of lawful sex business and businesses handling significant quantities of sexually oriented materials. Such business include: adult cabarets and other establishments with sexually oriented live entertainment; adult movie theaters; adult book stores; adult video stores; sex shops; peep shows, often call video arcades; mainstream video stores with back rooms with sexually oriented material; newstands with back rooms of sexually oriented materials; and more. The report examines what constitutes a lawful sex business; First Amendement issues related to the regulation of sexually oriented businesses; land-use issues and adult uses; and operating issues related to sex businesses. Finally, the report suggests ways to structure an effective regulatory program, providing a checklist so that local communities can build an ordinance to suit their particular circumstances.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169).
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