HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1550ORDINANCE NO. 1550
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF ADULT BUSINESSES
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOO1 AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter -9 Adult Businesses, is hereby added to the
Lodi Municipal Code to read as follows:
Chapter
ADULT BUSINESSES
Section 1.
Section 2. Definitions
Section 3. Location of Adult Businesses
Section 4. Appearance of Premises: Advertising Displays
Section 5. Viewing Booths: Visibility
Section 6. Hours of Operation
Section 7.
F i ndi ngs
Severabi 1 i ty
Section 1. Findings.
The City Council of the City of Lodi finds and declares that
adult businesses, by their nature, generate certain secondary effects
unless regulated. These include blight, downgrading of neighborhoods,
lowering of property values, and a tendency to attract undesirable
persons who may engage in certain types of criminal conduct.
Experience in other cities has shown that where adult businesses are
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