No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer for sale or display
obscene material.
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
OBSCENE MATERIAL
Any description, narrative account, display or depiction of sexual
activity or anatomical area contained in or consisting of a picture or other
representation, publication, sound recording, live performance or film which
by means of posing, composition, format or animated sensual details which:
A.
Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts,
normal or perverted, actual or simulated; masturbation; excretory functions;
or lewd exhibition of the genitals.
B.
Lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value, when
taken as a whole.
C.
Is part of a work which has a dominant theme, taken as a whole, which
appeals to prurient interests, as determined by the average person applying
contemporary community standards.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed
$1,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, or both. Each
violation of any provision of this chapter and each day the same is violated
shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.