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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE RELATING TO VIEWING
RESTRICTIONS OF PUBLICLY DISPLAYED
EXPLICIT MATERIALS WITHIN THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise stated, words and terms are defined
as follows:
(a) EXHIBIT means to show.
(b) HARMFUL MATTER means matter, taken as a whole, which to the
average person, applying contemporary statewide standards, appeals to the prurient
interest, and is matter which, taken as a whole, depicts or describes in a patently offensive
way sexual conduct and which, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political,
or scientific value for minors.
(c) KNOWINGLY means being aware of the character of the matter.
(d) MATTER means any book, magazine, newspaper, video recording, or
other printed or written material or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, or
other pictorial representation or any statue or other figure, or any recording,transcription,
or mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction or any other articles, equipment,
machines or materials. MATTER also includes live or recorded telephone messages when
transmitted, disseminated, or distributed as part of a commercial transaction.
(e) MINOR means any person under 18 years of age.
(f) PERSON means any individual, partnership, firm, association,
corporation, or other legal entity.
Section 2. Requirement of Blinder Racks. No material which is harmful to
minors shall be displayed in any public place, other than a public place from which minors
are excluded, unless "blinder racks" are placed in front of the material, so that the lower
two-thirds (2/3) of the material is not exposed to view.
Section 3. Penalty. Any person who violates this chapter is guilty of a
misdemeanor, punishable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1, Section 1.16.020
of this Code.
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Section 4. Effective date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect at
12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after its adoption.
Section 5. Validity. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid, such holding or holdings shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter. The City Council hereby declares
that it would of passed this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, phrases be declared invalid.
Section 6. Posting. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be posted
in three (3) public places designated for such purpose by the City Council.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the
llth day of October, 1990, and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting of
said City Council on the 25th day of October, 1990.
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MA R of the City of i3rana Terrace
an of the City Council thereof.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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I, JUANITA BROWN, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 27th day of September, 1990,
by the following vote:
AYES: ounciayor remTemsGPaetnil�ayoseM,jisgney, Carlstrom
NOES: None
ABSENT.• None
ABSTAIN: None
CITY CLERK
Approved as to form:
CITY A E
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