[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Warwick 8-14-1978
as Local Law No. 5-1978. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An establishment, whether retail or wholesale, having as a substantial
portion of its stock-in-trade sexual devices, books, magazines, other periodicals,
films and viewing materials, both audio and visual, which are distinguished
or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating
to specified sexual activities, sexual conduct or specified anatomical areas,
or an establishment with an entire or specific segment or section devoted
to the sale or display of such material.
A building used for presenting films which are distributed in forms
of less than 35 millimeter distribution standards, which films are characterized
by an emphasis on matter depicting or describing or related to specified sexual
activities, sexual conduct or specified anatomical areas for observation by
patrons therein.
Human masturbation, sexual intercourse or any touching of the genitals,
pubic areas or buttocks of the human male or female or the breasts of the
female, whether alone or between members of the same or opposite sex, or between
humans and animals, in an act of actual or apparent sexual activity, sexual
stimulation or sexual gratification.
Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region,
buttock or female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola;
human genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if covered.
Human genitals in the state of sexual stimulation or arousal; any
act of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy; fondling or other
erotic touching of the human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breasts.
In addition to the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and the Code
of the Village of Warwick, all adult bookstores and adult motion-picture theaters
shall be bound by the following regulations:
A.Â
Any adult bookstore or adult motion-picture theater may
be located only in an Industrial Zone, but shall not be located within 1,000
feet of any church property, residential property, school property or park
property.
B.Â
There shall be no exposure of the interior adult bookstore
or adult motion-picture theater to the outside and no outside displays.
C.Â
The legal age for admittance to an adult bookstore or
adult motion-picture theater is 18 years of age.
