§ 58-1. Purpose.  


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  • It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate sexually explicit businesses, to promote the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the citizens of the City of Oneonta and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the undue concentration of sexually explicit businesses within the City of Oneonta. The provisions of this chapter have neither the purpose nor the effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, including sexually oriented materials. Similarly, it is not the intent of this article to restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented materials protected by the First Amendment or to deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market. Neither is it the purpose of this article to condone or legitimize the distribution of obscene materials.