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Ordinance No. 574 Page 2 • 512.03. Definitions. Subd. 1. The following terms have the meanings given them below. Subd. 2. Adult Establishment. A business engaged in any of the following activities or which utilizes any of the following business procedures or practices: (a) A business that is conducted exclusively for the patronage of adults and as to which minors are specifically excluded from patronage, either by operation of law or by the owners of such business, except any business licensed under Chapters 501, 502 and 503 of the Mounds View City Code; or (b) Any business that has (1) at least 30 percent of its inventory, stock and trade or publicly displayed merchandise, or (2) at least 30 percent of the floor area of the business (not including storerooms, stock areas, bathrooms, basements or any portion of the business not open to the public) devoted to items, merchandise or other materials distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on material depicting, exposing, describing, discussing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or (c) Any adult use as defined in subdivision 3 of this section. Subd.3. Adult Use. An adult use is any of the activities and businesses described below: Ill (a) Adult Body Painting Studio: An establishment or business which provides the service of applying paint or other substance, whether transparent or non-transparent, to the body of a patron which such person is nude. (b) Adult Bookstore: An establishment or business used for the barter, rental or sale of items consisting or printed matter, pictures, slides, records, audio tape, videotape, or motion picture film if such business is not open to the public generally but only to one or more classes of the public, excluuing any minor by reason of if-(1)-at least 30 percent of the inventory, stock and trade or publicly displayed merchandise, or (2) at least 30 percent of the floor area of the business (not including storerooms, stock areas, bathrooms, basements or any portion of the business not open to the public) is devoted to items, merchandise or other material distinguished and characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of"specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical area." (c) Adult Cabaret. A business or establishment that provides dancing or other live entertainment to patrons if the dancing and live entertainment is distinguished and characterized by an emphasis on the presentation, display, depiction of matter that seeks to evoke, arouse or excite the patrons' sexual or erotic feelings or desire. •