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ORDINANCE NO. 95- CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AB ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF~ RAMSEY BY THE ADDITION OF A SECTION LICENSING ADULT USES: The City of Ramsey Ordains: SECTION I. AMENDMENT. Chapter 7 entitled "Licensing and Permits" of the City Code shall be amended to add the following Section 7.15 entitled "Adult Uses": 7.i5 Adult Uses. Subdivision 1, Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the terms defined in this Subdivision have the meanings given them. Adult Uses. Adult uses include adult bookstores, adult motion picture theaters, adult motion picture rental, adult mini-motion picture theaters, adult companionship establishments, adult conversation/rap parlors, adult health/sport clubs, adult cabarets, adult novelty businesses, adult motion picture arcades, adult modeling studios, adult hotels or motels, adult body painting studios, and other premises, enterprises, establishments, businesses, or places open to some or all members of the public, at or in which there is an emphasis on the presentation, display, depiction, or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" which are capable of being seen by members of the public. Activities classified as obscene as defined by Minnesota Statutes 617.241 are not included. be Adult Use - Accessory. The offering of goods and/or services which are classified as adult uses on a limited scale and which are incidental to the primary activity and goods and/or services offered by the establishment. Examples of such items include adult magazines, adult movies, adult novelties, and the like. Adult Uses - Principal. The offering of goods and/or services which are classified as adult uses as a primary or sole activity of a business or establishment and include but are not limited to the following defined terms: Adult Use-Body Painting Studio. An establishment or business which provides the service of applying paint or other substance, whether transparent or non-transparent, to or on the body of a patron when such body is wholly or partially nude in terms of "specified anatomical areas". Adult Use - Bookstore. A building or portion of a building used for the barter, rental, or sale of items consisting of printed matter, pictures, slides, records, audio tape, videotape, or motion picture film if such building or portion of a building is not open to the public generally but only to one or more classes of the public, excluding any minor by reason of age, or if a substantial or significant portion of such items are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas". 3. Adult Use -'Cabaret. A building or portion of a building used for I I I I I ! I I I i ! I !