[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Pennsauken
3-13-1978 by Ord. No. 78-3 as Ch. 92 of the 1977 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Massage parlors — See Ch. 200.
In the development and execution of this chapter, it is recognized that
there are some uses which, because of their very nature, are recognized as
having serious objectionable operational characteristics, particularly when
several of them are concentrated under circumstances having a deleterious
effect upon the adjacent areas. Special regulation of these uses is necessary
to ensure that these adverse effects will not contribute to the blighting
or downgrading of the surrounding neighborhood.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of
its stock-in-trade books, magazines and other periodicals and films and other
viewing materials which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis
on matter depicting, describing or relating to special sexual activities,
sexual conduct or specified anatomical areas, or an establishment with a segment
or section devoted to the sale or display of such material.
An enclosed building to accommodate multiple people, or an enclosure
design for a single person, used for presenting either as a feature or for
preview material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis in a matter
depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities, sexual conduct
or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons therein.
[Added 2-26-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-6]
An enclosed building used for presenting material distinguished or
characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to
specified sexual activities, sexual conduct or specified anatomical areas
for observation by patrons therein.
Film or films in which any person is shown, depicted or revealed
in any act of sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse.
Flagellation or torture by or upon a human being who is nude, clad
in undergarments or in revealing or bizarre costumes, or the condition of
one who is nude or so clothed and is being fettered, bound or otherwise physically
restrained.
Human masturbation and 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 apparent sexual stimulation or
gratification.
Video booths for the use of viewing video movies or films in which
any person is shown, depicted or revealed in any act of sexual conduct or
sadomasochism abuse.
[Added 3-26-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-8]
A.
Adult bookstores, adult motion-picture theaters and facilities, video booths (as defined in § 84-2), dance halls, poolrooms, billiard parlors, bowling alleys and coin-operated and other amusement device arcades are hereby deemed to be regulated uses.
[Amended 5-12-1982 by Ord.
No. 82-14; 2-26-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-6; 3-26-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-8]
B.
No regulated use may be located within 1,000 feet of
any other regulated use nor within 1,000 feet of a residentially zoned area
or a T-1 Zone.
[Amended 4-22-1998 by Ord.
No. 98-01; 11-22-1999 by Ord.
No. 99-41; 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 02-39]
[Amended 9-12-1984 by Ord.
No. 84-26]
Any person, firm or corporation or other party violating any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to one
or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,250 or imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days, in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. Each
and every violation of and nonconformance to this chapter, or each day that
any provision of this chapter shall have been violated, shall be construed
as a separate and distinct violation thereof.
