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File #: 22-334    Version: 1 Name:
Type: ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION Status: Approved as Amended
File created: 1/10/2022 In control: Mayor and City Council Office
On agenda: 1/26/2022 Final action:
Title: An ordinance amending Chapter 41A, "Sexually Oriented Businesses," of the Dallas City Code by amending Sections 41A-9, 41A-16, 41A-17, and 41A-20.1 and adding a new Section 41A-14.3; (1) prohibiting a sexually oriented business from employing or contracting with a person who is under the age of 21; (2) providing that sexually oriented businesses may not operate between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. each day; (3) providing that a sexually oriented business license shall be suspended for a period not to exceed 30 days for a violation of the hours of operation; (4) providing a penalty not to exceed $4,000.00 and confinement in jail not to exceed one year; (5) providing a saving clause; (6) providing a severability clause; and (7) providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
Indexes: 100
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Ordinance
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STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
AGENDA DATE: January 26, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Mayor and City Council Office
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT

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An ordinance amending Chapter 41A, "Sexually Oriented Businesses," of the Dallas City Code by amending Sections 41A-9, 41A-16, 41A-17, and 41A-20.1 and adding a new Section 41A-14.3; (1) prohibiting a sexually oriented business from employing or contracting with a person who is under the age of 21; (2) providing that sexually oriented businesses may not operate between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. each day; (3) providing that a sexually oriented business license shall be suspended for a period not to exceed 30 days for a violation of the hours of operation; (4) providing a penalty not to exceed $4,000.00 and confinement in jail not to exceed one year; (5) providing a saving clause; (6) providing a severability clause; and (7) providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City

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BACKGROUND

The purpose of Chapter 41A is to regulate sexually oriented businesses to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizens of the city; to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the continued concentration of sexually oriented businesses within the city; and to minimize the deleterious secondary effects of sexually oriented businesses both inside such businesses and outside in the surrounding communities.

The provisions of the chapter have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials or performances, including sexually oriented materials and performances. Similarly, it is neither the intent nor effect of the chapter to restrict or deny access by adults to sexually oriented materials and performances protected by the First Amendment, or to deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of sexually...

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