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Page 4 j. The risk of criminal activity and/or public health problems can be minimized through a licensing and regulatory scheme as prescribed herein. Subd. 2. PURPOSE: It is the purpose of this Ordinance to regulate Adult Establishments to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizens of the City and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to: a. Prevent additional criminal activity within the City; b. Prevent deterioration of neighborhoods and its consequent adverse effect on real estate values of properties within the neighborhood; c. Locate adult establishments away from residential areas, schools, churches, libraries, parks and playgrounds; and d. Prevent concentration of Adult Establishments within certain areas of the City. Subd. 3. CONTENT-NEUTRAL REGULATION: The provisions of this Ordinance have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, including adult oriented materials. Similarly, it is neither the intent nor effect of this Ordinance to restrict or deny access by adults to adult- oriented materials protected by the First Amendment or to deny access by distributors and exhibitors of adult-oriented entertainment to their intended market. 513.02 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, 503, and 514 of the Mounds View City Code; b. a. Any business that has (1) at least 30% of its inventory, stock and trade or publicly displayed merchandise, or (2) at least 30% 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. b. Any adult use as defined in subdivision 3 of this section.