IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 4301., 4308., 4312., and 4316., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to adult use entertainment and adult entertainment businesses, and enacting, in lieu thereof, four new sections relating to the same subject, with a penalty provision.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5721, February 28, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Legislature has become aware of a category of adult entertainment business, known as a "sexual encounter entertainment," that has operated in unincorporated Jackson County in the past and could conceivably so operate in the future, but that is not currently subject to regulation under chapter 43 of the Jackson County Code; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County that such businesses be licensed and regulated by the County in the same manner as other adult entertainment businesses are licensed and regulated; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Sections 4301., 4308., 4312., and 4316., Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby repealed, and four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 4301., 4308., 4312., and 4316., to read as follows:
4301. Definitions.
For purposes of this Chapter, the words and phrases defined in the sections hereunder shall have the meanings therein respectively ascribed to them unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context.
"Adult Bookstore or Adult Video Store" means a commercial establishment which, as one of its principal business activities, offers for sale or rental for any form of consideration any one or more of the following: books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, compact discs, digital video discs, slides, or other visual repr...
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