(1)
A person commits the offense of promoting obscene acts or materials when, with knowledge of the obscene nature thereof, he or she purposely or knowingly:
(a)
Sells, delivers, or provides or offers or agrees to sell, deliver, or provide any obscene writing, picture, record, or other representation or embodiment of the obscene to anyone under the age of 18;
(b)
Presents or directs an obscene play, dance, or other performance, or participates in that portion thereof which makes it obscene, to anyone under the age of 18;
(c)
Publishes, exhibits, or otherwise makes available anything obscene to anyone under the age of 18;
(d)
Performs an obscene act or otherwise presents an obscene exhibition of his body to anyone under the age of 18;
(e)
Creates, buys, procures, or possesses obscene matter or material with the purpose to disseminate it to anyone under the age of 18;
(f)
Advertises or otherwise promotes the sale of obscene material or materials represented or held out by him to be obscene.
(2)
A thing is obscene if:
(a)
It is a representation or description of perverted ultimate sexual acts, actual or simulated;
(b)
It is a patently offensive representation or description of masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibition of the genitals; and taken as a whole, the material, applying contemporary community standards, appeals to the prurient interest in sex;
(c)
Portrays conduct described in subsection (2)(a) of this section in a patently offensive way; and
(d)
Lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
(3)
In any prosecution for an offense under this section, evidence shall be admissible to show:
(a)
The predominant appeal of the material and what effect, if any, it would probably have on the behavior of people;
(b)
The artistic, literary, scientific, educational, or other merits of the material;
(c)
The degree of public acceptance of the material in the community;
(d)
Appeal to prurient interest or absence thereof in advertising or other promotion of the material; or
(e)
The purpose of the author, creator, publisher, or disseminator.
(4)
Promoting obscene acts or materials is a Class D offense.
(Ord. 49 § 6.11.1, 1-8-2010 (Res. 2010-10))