§ 4-29. Finding of fact.

The city council finds that:

(1)

There is presently in the county an increasing trend toward nude and semi-nude acts, exhibitions and entertainment and toward the utilization of nude and semi-nude employees engaged in other service-oriented aspects of and by the commercial establishments subject hereto.

(2)

The competitive commercial exploitation for such nudity and semi-nudity is adverse to the public's interest in the quality of life, tone of commerce and total community environment in the city.

(3)

The commercial exploitation of nudity and semi-nudity consists of the use of nude and semi-nude entertainment in connection with or for the promotion of the sale of goods or services and the receipt of money by the person engaged in nude or semi-nude entertainment in exchange for or as consideration for a nude or semi-nude performance by such individual.

(4)

The commercial exploitation of nude and semi-nude acts, exhibitions and entertainment frequently occurs in commercial establishments either selling or allowing consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises.

(5)

There is a direct relationship between the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the nude and semi-nude activities mentioned above, prohibited hereunder and more fully described hereinafter and an increase in criminal activities, moral degradation and disturbances of the peace and good order of the community and the concurrency of these activities is hazardous to the health and safety of those persons in attendance and tends to depreciate the value of adjoining property and harm the economic welfare of the community as a whole.

(6)

The combination of the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages with the performance of nude and semi-nude acts, exhibitions and entertainment is adverse to the public's interest in the quality of life, tone of commerce and total community environment in the city.

(7)

In order to preserve the public peace and good order and to safeguard the health, safety, morals and welfare of the community and citizens thereof, it is necessary and advisable to prohibit nude and semi-nude acts, exhibitions and entertainment in commercial establishments at which alcoholic beverages are, or are available to be, sold or consumed.

(8)

In order to preserve the public peace and good order and to safeguard the health, safety, morals and welfare of the community and citizens thereof, it is necessary and advisable to regulate and restrict the conduct of owners, operators, agents, employees, entertainers, performers, patrons, spectators and persons on the premises of the commercial establishments subject hereto.

(Code 1959, § 3-15(c))