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residing in any residential area. No person may visit or remain in or about a <br /> residential dwelling wherein such a party or gathering is taking place, except persons <br /> who reside at that dwelling or have gone there for the sole purpose of abating the <br /> disturbance. <br /> Section 1150 - OBSCENITY <br /> 1150.01 Obscene Materials Prohibited. It is unlawful for any person, knowing or <br /> with reason to know its content and character, to manufacture, issue, sell, offer to <br /> sell, give away, provide, lend, rent, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, <br /> circulate, disseminate, publicly present, exhibit or advertise any obscene material. <br /> 1150.02 Obscene Performances Prohibited. It is unlawful for any person knowingly <br /> to produce, present or direct an obscene play, dance, motion picture, video or audio <br /> reproduction, or other obscene exhibition or performance, or to participate in a <br /> portion thereof which is obscene or which contributes to its obscenity. <br /> 1150.03 Obscenity Defined. For purposes of this Section the word 'obscene" and the <br /> other terms defined in Minn. Stat. §617.241 have the meaning given them in Minn. <br /> Stat. §617.241. The term 'obscene material" includes devices designed and marketed <br /> as useful primarily for stimulation of the human genital organs. <br /> 1150.04 Required Findings. In determining that a work is obscene, the trier of fact • <br /> must find: <br /> (a) That the work depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive <br /> way. <br /> (b) That to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, <br /> the dominant theme of the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient <br /> interest in sex. <br /> (c) That the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or <br /> scientific value. <br /> 1150.05 Research and Study. The provisions of this Section do not apply to persons <br /> who may possess or distribute obscene works or participate in conduct otherwise <br /> proscribed by this Section when such possession, participation, distribution or <br /> conduct occurs in the course of law enforcement activities. <br /> 1150.06 Severability. If any item referred to in this Section is declared by a court of <br /> competent jurisdiction to be permitted because it is constitutionally protected, such <br /> declaration does not invalidate this Section as to any other item. • <br /> 11-10 <br />