Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/07/2005

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Z.B. ; i :: ; February 25, 2005 -- Page 3 crime. Specifically, the0rdinanCdbarme¢"specified sexual activities," making it illegal for erotic danc~ tO :s~u!at:gis~g: acts. Centerfolds Inc., ah adul~a~ff6tljued, arguing the ordinance violated its free speech rights be~use xt.;w.hsjt0o[broadly drawn and proscribed certa.m dance movements. ~ ~ > ~ ~ - . DECISION r judgme~ tn favOr bf Cefi~erfolds.' The ordiflance hnboda ibfi . . . Although the ord~hnqe/~aslci~a~l]/intended to prevent negative second- ary effects, the goverl~erlti~o~Id~fio~t ~fiide behind a secondary effects ratio- nale. Importantly, the gbv¢~e~t~bUljd not suppress th~ specific content of a Berlin's Prohibitio~iof!'sPeCffiSd:s~ual activities, which included simula- tion of certain sexual ~ts,:¢o~$tl~e6~ total ban on a protected expression by proscribing the move~nl:S a~d.~tur~s that a dancer could make in convey- lng the message of an erotic dani:e;,. : ~ S~nce the donunang~them~ o~ag~dq: dance was an emotmnal one that con- veyed eroticism and seasual~t~,; th~ord~ance deprived the performer of a rep- ertoire of expressive ~][ements g, ith~ whch to craft an erouc, sensual perfor- mance, and thereby mt{~¢redsu ~bs~tl~lly wxth the dancer s ability to corn u- nicate her erotic message, i ;: ii :} A government coui_':,Id not cofistitufi. Onally regulate erotic expression with such stringent restric~bn~ s~t~a~ ~i expression would no longer Convey eroticism. While Bcrl~ had g!c.~pet[i[ng .interest ~n regulatxng the negative secondary effects of ad~lt em~i~, it was unclear how the elimination of a performer's movemaiats that: simulate sex acts would curb prostitution, the spread of communica ? diseasei or declimng property values. Ultimately, the banjo,n s'mau.!a~d ~s~xual activity prohibited more speech than necessary to achiere the~.g~v¢~ent's interests. see also: City off, os ~geleS v. ~AlarneS~a BOoks, 535 U.S. 425 (2002). see also: United Stat~ v..?l~oY Entertainment Group Inc., 529 U.S. 803 Telecommunications ~ Wlr~le~ ~e°~der Wants to hide antenna in fake Lawmakers believePl~,~t ~ i undert~ines legislative intent Citation: T-Mobile U$~4.Inc..v~ ~ounty of Hawa~t Planning Commission, Supreme Court of Hawaii; No! '~4~$i !2005) HAWAII (01/11/05):~ Voicesttem :B;CS II Corporation wanted to install a stealth antenna at a p~vate r~sid.~nc~ ~n an agricultural area· Vo~cestream planned to attach a f~JSe chimdey~ an'~l to'build a separate garage to house eoumment. ~ : '" antenna Grou0! A~Y r~rodu~ti06 is ~ibitod. For moro information please call (~17) 542-0048. 2005 0uinlan 141