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Page 919-1 <br /> <br /> <br />CAHPTER 919. DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />The following words and terms, wherever they occur in this ordinance, shall be interpreted as <br />follows. Words not listed in this chapter shall be defined according to their dictionary meaning. <br />Accessory: A use, activity, structure, or part of a structure that is subordinate and incidental to the <br />main activity or structure on the site. <br />Accessory Structure or Use: A structure or portion of a structure subordinate to and serving the <br />principle use structure on the same lot and customarily incidental hereto. <br />Adult Uses: Adult uses include adult book stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult mini- <br />motion picture theaters, adult massage parlors, adult steam room/bathhouse/sauna facilities, adult <br />companionship establishments, adult rap/conversation parlors, adult health/sport clubs, adult <br />cabarets, adult novelty businesses, adult motion picture arcades, adult modeling studios, adult <br />hotels/motels, adult body painting studios, and other premises, enterprises, establishments, <br />businesses or places open to some or all members of the public, at or in which there is an <br />emphasis on the presentation, display, depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or <br />"specified anatomical areas" which are capable of being seen by members of the public. <br />Activities classified as obscene as defined by Minnesota Statutes 617.241 are not included. <br />Adult Use – Accessory: The offering of goods and/or services which are classified as adult uses <br />on a limited scale and which are incidental to the primary activity and goods and/or services <br />offered by the establishment. Examples of such items include adult magazines, adult movies, <br />adult novelties, and the like. <br />Adult Uses – Principal: The offering of goods and/or services which are classified as adult uses <br />as a primary or sole activity of a business or establishment and include, but are not limited to, the <br />following: <br />(A) Adult Use - Body Painting Studio. An establishment or business which provides the service <br />of applying paint or other substance, whether transparent or non-transparent, to or on the <br />body of a patron when such body is wholly or partially nude in terms of "specified <br />anatomical areas". <br />(B) Adult Use - Bookstore. A building or portion of a building used for the barter, rental or sale <br />of items consisting of printed matter, pictures, slides, records, audio tape, videotape, or <br />motion picture film if such building or portion of a building is not open to the public <br />generally but only to one or more classes of the public excluding any minor by reason of <br />age or if a substantial or significant portion of such items are distinguished or characterized <br />by an emphasis on the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified <br />anatomical areas". <br />(C) Adult Use - Cabaret. A building or portion of a building used for providing dancing or <br />other live entertainment, if such building or portion of a building excludes minors by virtue <br />of age or if such dancing or other live entertainment is distinguished or characterized by an <br />emphasis on the presentation, display, depiction or description of "specified sexual <br />activities" or "specified anatomical areas". <br />(D) Adult Use - Companionship Establishment. A companionship establishment which <br />excludes minors by reason of age, or which provides the service of engaging in or listening <br />to conversation, talk or discussion between an employee of the establishment and a