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City of Roseville, MI
Macomb County
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[Adopted 9-24-1985 by Ord. No. 924; (Art. I of Ch. 206 of the 1984 Code)]
This article prohibits only those activities which depict or describe sexual conduct and applies to live, actual or simulated conduct, the showing of films, television, slides or other electronic reproductions, in or upon a business premises.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
OBSCENE CONDUCT
Includes those activities depicting or describing sexual conduct which, taken as a whole, appeal to the prurient interest in sex, portraying sexual conduct in a patently offensive manner and having no serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. The following will be considered obscene:
A. 
Patently offensive representations or depictions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.
B. 
Patently offensive representations or depictions of masturbation, excretory functions and lewd exhibitions of genitals.
No business located within the boundaries of the city and licensed by the city shall allow obscene conduct, as defined in this article, upon its premises.
Violation of this article shall be cause to revoke the violator's business license and/or to initiate proceedings for the nonrenewal or revocation of the violator's liquor license.
Any person found in violation of this article shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).