[Adopted 3-5-2001 by L.L.
No. 2-2001 (Ch. 15, Part 2, of the 1980 Code)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to produce, present or direct
an obscene performance or participate in a portion thereof which is
obscene or which contributes to its obscenity.
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any material or performance is obscene if the average person,
applying contemporary community standards, would find that, considered
as a whole, its predominant appeal is to the prurient interest in
sex and depicts or describes, in a patently offensive manner, actual
or simulated sexual intercourse, sodomy, sexual bestiality, masturbation,
sadism, masochism, excretion or lewd exhibition of the genitals and,
considered as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political
and scientific value. Predominant appeal shall be judged with reference
to ordinary adults, unless it appears from the character of the material
or the circumstances of its dissemination to be designed for children
or other specially susceptible audiences.
Violation of this article is punishable by a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both fine
and imprisonment. Each day or any portion of which any violation of
this article is committed, permitted or continued shall constitute
a separate offense.
