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<br />ORDINANCE NO, 3, 1981 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE DEFINING, REGULATING AND LICENSING ADULT ENTERTAINMENT <br />ACTIVITIES: ESTABLISHING FEES FOR LICENSING: PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRA- <br />TION AND ENFORCEMENT: AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Civil Town of <br /> <br />Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana, deems it necessary to enact <br /> <br />an ordinance to provide the regulation and licensing of "adult <br /> <br />entertainment activities"; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it has been recognized and determined by the <br />Board of Trustees of the Civil Town of Mooresville, Indiana that <br /> <br />adult bookstores, adult motion picture theatres and other adult <br /> <br />entertainment activities have an adverse effect upon adjacent <br /> <br />areas and districts and such adult entertainment establishments <br /> <br />are concentrated in a segregated and particular area; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, special regulations and licensing of adult <br /> <br />bookstores, adult motion picture theatres and other specific <br /> <br />adult entertainment activities is necessary to ensure and guarantee <br /> <br />that any and all such adverse effects will not contribute to <br />blighting or downgrading of the surrounding and adjacent areas <br /> <br />and districts wherein such adult entertainment establishments <br /> <br />are located and of the surrounding neighborhood and community <br /> <br />wherein such adult entertainment establishments are located; and <br /> <br />ìlliEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Civil Town of <br /> <br />Mooresville, Indiana deem it wise and expedient to establish <br /> <br />licensing requirements for adult bookstores, adult motion picture <br /> <br />theatres and other specified adult entertainment activities, <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Trustees <br /> <br />of the Civil Town of Mooresville, Indiana as follows: <br /> <br />Section I, Findings, Declarations of Public Policy and <br /> <br />Purpose: <br /> <br />A, Findings: The Board of Trustees of the Town of <br />Mooresville finds as follows: <br /> <br />I, That certain adult entertainment activities <br /> <br />which are located near areas zoned for residential use, near <br /> <br />churches, schools and near public parks, malls and similar open <br />