Article VI Display of Obscene Materials

[Amended 11-22-1988 by Ord. No. 88-31]

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

Any person who operates a store, newsstand, booth, concession or similar business with unimpeded access for persons under 18 years old, who is in the business of making sales of periodicals or other publications at retail containing pictures, drawings or photographs.

§ 115-21 Public display of obscene material prohibited.

No retailer shall display or permit to be displayed at this business premises any obscene material as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:34-3 at a height of less than five feet or without a blinder or other covering placed or printed on the front of the material displayed. Such public display of obscene material shall constitute presumptive evidence that the retailer knowingly made or permitted the display.

§ 115-22 Violation constituting petty disorderly persons offense.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:34-3.2, any person violating this article shall be deemed to have committed a petty disorderly persons offense and shall be punished as such in accordance with Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.