YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE Page 201 A. PURPOSE: It is the purpose and intent of this Section to regulate sex oriented businesses to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the citizens of Yavapai County and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent any deleterious location and concentration of sex oriented businesses within the County, thereby reducing or eliminating the adverse secondary effects from such sex oriented businesses. The provisions of this Section have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, including sex oriented materials. Similarly, it is not the intent or effect of this Section to restrict or deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of sex oriented entertainment to their intended market. Neither is it the intent nor effect of the Section to condone or legitimize the distribution of obscene material. B. DEFINITIONS: For the purpose of this Section, certain terms and words are defined as follows: Sex Oriented Businesses are those businesses defined as follows: Adult Arcade: means any place to which the public is permitted or invited and in which coin- operated or slug-operated or electronically, electrically or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors or other image producing devices are maintained to show images involving specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas to persons in booths or viewing rooms. Adult Bookstore, Adult Novelty Store or Adult Video Store: means a commercial establishment that offers for sale or rent any of the following as one of its principal business purposes: (1) Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, or reproductions or slides, or other visual representations that depict or describe specific sexual activities or specific anatomical areas. (2) Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with specific sexual activities. Adult Live Entertainment: means an establishment that features either: (1) Persons who appear in a state of nudity; or (2) Live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specific anatomical areas or specific sexual activities. Adult Motion Picture Theater: means a commercial establishment in which for any form of consideration films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or similar photographic reproductions that are characterized by the depiction or description of specific sexual activities or specific anatomical areas are predominantly shown. Adult Oriented Business: means adult arcades, adult bookstores or video stores, cabarets, adult live entertainment establishments, adult motion picture theaters, adult theaters, massage establishments that offer adult services or nude model studios. Adult Oriented Business Manager: means a person on the premises of an adult oriented business who is authorized to exercise overall operational control of the business. Adult Theater: means a theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar commercial establishment which predominantly features persons who appear in a state of nudity who engage in live SECTION 606 SEX ORIENTED BUSINESS