Adult bookstore definition

Adult bookstore or “adult video store” means a commercial establishment which, as one of its principal business purposes, offers for sale or rental, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following:
Adult bookstore means a bookstore having as a preponderance of its publications, books, magazines, and other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas as defined in this subsection.
Adult bookstore means an establishment having as a substantial portion of its stock in trade ("substantial portion" meaning over twenty percent (20%) of floor area, or over twenty percent (20%) of inventory by units or value, or over twenty percent (20%) of revenues, or an inventory of two hundred (200) or more units) in books, films, video cassettes, compact discs, computer software, computer generated images or text, or magazines and other periodicals or publications or reproductions of any kind which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas" as defined below, and in conjunction therewith have facilities for the presentation of adult entertainment, as defined below, and including adult-oriented films, movies, or live entertainment, for observation by patrons therein.

Examples of Adult bookstore in a sentence

  • Adult bookstore, video store or other establishment engaged in the business of selling, renting, exhibiting or delivering pornographic or obscene materials, except that this provision shall not prohibit (a) book stores that are not perceived to be and do not hold themselves out as an “adult book store” and are primarily engaged in the sale of general audience books notwithstanding the incidental concurrent sale of books.

  • Adult bookstore or facility selling or displaying or selling access to pornographic books, literature, websites or videotapes (materials shall be considered adult or pornographic for such purpose if the same are not available for sale or rental to children under 18 years old because they explicitly deal with or depict human sexuality), massage parlor, steam bath, nude modeling, establishment with nude or semi-nude waiters, waitresses or entertainers; 14.

  • Adult bookstore, adult novelty store, or adult video store wherein the retail or wholesale distribution, display, or storage of books, magazines or other periodicals and/or photographs, drawings, slides, films, videotapes, recording tapes, DVD’s, or other similar means of communication and/or other novelty items which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas as defined below.

  • Adult bookstore or other establishment selling, displaying or exhibiting pornography (except as incidental use to a permitted use, e.g. magazines in a drug store).


More Definitions of Adult bookstore

Adult bookstore or "adult video store" means a commercial establishment that has as a significant or substantial portion of its stock in trade or inventory in, derives a significant or substantial portion of its revenues from, devotes a significant or substantial portion of its interior business or advertising to, or maintains a substantial section of its sales or display space for the sale or rental, for any form of consideration, of books, magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, compact discs, slides, or other visual representations, that are characterized by their emphasis upon the exhibition or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Adult bookstore means a business which offers, as its principal or predominate stock or trade, sexually oriented material, devices, or paraphernalia or specified sexual activities, or any combination or form thereof, whether printed, filmed, recorded, or live and which restricts or purports to restrict admission to adults or to any class of adults as defined within Tennessee Code Annotated Sections 7-51- 1102 and 7-51-1401;
Adult bookstore or “Adult Video Store ” shall mean an establishment which, as one of its principal business activities, offers for sale or rental for any form of consideration any one or more of the following: books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, compact discs, digital video discs, or other visual representations which are characterized by their emphasis upon the display of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
Adult bookstore means a retail establishment in which:
Adult bookstore means an establishment having as its stock in trade, for sale, rent, lease, inspection or viewing books, films, video cassettes, motion pictures, magazines or other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matters depicting, describing or relating to specific sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, and in conjunction therewith have facilities for the presentation of adult entertainment, including adult-oriented videotapes, films, motion pictures or other offered entertainment, for observation by patrons therein.
Adult bookstore means an establishment or business used for the barter, rental, or sale of items consisting of printed matter, pictures, slides, records, audio tape, videotape, movies, or motion picture film if a substantial or significant portion of its inventory, stock in trade, or publicly displayed merchandise consists of, or if a substantial or significant portion of its floor area (not including storerooms, stock areas, bathrooms, basements, or any portion of the business not open to the public) is devoted to, or if substantial or significant portion of its gross revenues is derived from items, merchandise, devices or materials that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on material depicting, exposing, simulating, describing, or relating to Specified Sexual Activities or Specified Anatomical Areas.
Adult bookstore means a business that offers, as its principal or predominate stock or trade, sexually oriented material, devices, or paraphernalia, whether determined by the total number of sexually oriented materials, devices or paraphernalia offered for sale, by the percent of its total sales or its profits, by the retail value of such materials, devices or paraphernalia, specified sexual activities, or any combination or form thereof, whether printed, filmed, recorded or live, or that in part or in whole restricts or purports to restrict admission to adults or to any class of adults. The definition specifically includes items sexually oriented in nature, regardless of how labeled or sold, such as adult novelties, risqué gifts or marital aids;