Legal Documents of Halls

The Town of Halls' Zoning Ordinance requires that sexually oriented businesses shall be permitted only as provided in § 9-703 in which such use is permissible only under specified conditions and only within such districts where sexually oriented businesses are specifically listed as permissible. Permits for sexually oriented businesses shall be required and governed by the procedures and policies specified in § 9-708 et seq. of this division. In addition, any sexually oriented business shall be subjected to the following restrictions;

1. A person commits a misdemeanor, if he operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business except as provided in § 9-703.
2. A person commits a misdemeanor if he operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business within 1200 feet of:
   1. Any religious institution;
   2. Any school;
   3. The boundary of any residential district;
   4. A public park adjacent to any residential district;
   5. A property line of a lot devoted to residential use; or
   6. A boys club, girls club, or similar existing youth organization.
3. A person commits a misdemeanor if he operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business within 1200 feet of another such business, which will include, any adult arcade, adult book store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, massage parlor or any sexual encounter establishment.
4. A person commits a misdemeanor if he causes or permits the operation, establishment, or maintenance of more than one sexually oriented business within the same building.
5. It is a defense to prosecution under this section if a person appearing in a state of nudity did so in a modeling class operated:
   1. By a proprietary school, licensed by the State of Tennessee; a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation;
   2. By a private college or university which maintains and operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, junior college, or university supported entirely or partly by taxation; or
   3. In a structure:
      1. Which has no sign visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising that indicates a nude person is available for viewing; and
      2. Where, in order to participate in a class a student must enroll at least three (3) days in advance of the class; and
      3. Where no more than one nude model is on the premises at any one time. (as added by Ord. #02-28, June 2002)