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the Zoning Code, which could affect the siting of Adult Uses- <br /> Principal within the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View wishes to study, and if <br /> necessary implement, changes to its Comprehensive Plan to provide <br /> for the orderly development of the City and finds it in the best <br /> interest of the City to take reasonable measures for a reasonable <br /> interim period of time to protect the planning process and the <br /> health, safety and welfare of its citizens until appropriate <br /> changes in the Comprehensive Plan can become effective. <br /> WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Council finds that an interim <br /> ordinance placing a moratorium on the location of Adult Uses- <br /> Principal within certain specified distances from churches, <br /> residential zoning district boundaries, schools, and youth <br /> facilities is necessary so that the City can conclude its studies <br /> and hearings relating to the amendment of the Comprehensive Plan <br /> and the adoption and amendment of official controls. <br /> Section 2. DEFINITIONS <br /> (a) Adult Uses. Adult uses include adult book stores, adult <br /> motion picture theaters, adult mini-motion picture theaters, <br /> . adult massage parlors, adult steam room/bathhouse/sauna <br /> facilities, adult companionship establishments, adult <br /> rap/conversation parlors, adult health/sport clubs, adult <br /> cabarets, adult novelty businesses, adult motion picture <br /> arcades, adult modeling studios, adult hotels/motels, adult <br /> body painting studios, and other premises, enterprises, <br /> establishments, businesses or places open to some or all <br /> members of the public, at or in which there is an emphasis on <br /> the presentation, display, depiction or description of <br /> "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" <br /> which are capable of being seen by members of the public. <br /> Activities classified as obscene as defined by Minnesota <br /> Statutes 617.241 are not included. <br /> €b-)Adu t Uses grinGipa-1. T-he-•o-fir ng-o-_goods-and/or Serv;-ces <br /> which are classified as adult uses as a primary or sole <br /> activity of a business or establishment arid include- but are <br /> not limited to the following: <br /> 1. Adult Use - Body Painting Studio. An establishment or <br /> business which provides the service of applying paint or other <br /> substance, whether transparent or non-transparent, to or in <br /> the body of a patron when such body is wholly or partially <br /> nude in terms of "specified anatomical areas" . <br /> 2 . Adult Use - Bookstore. A building or portion of a <br /> building sued for the barter, rental or sale of items <br /> consisting of printed matter, pictures, slides, records, audio <br /> tape, videotape, or motion picture film if such building or <br /> 3 <br />