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NYC ZONING ORDINANCES CONCERNING ADULT BOOKSTORES AND CLUBS ARE CONSTITUTIONAL AND ENFORCEABLE.

The Court of Appeals, reversing the appellate division, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Fahey, determined New York City’s zoning ordinances concerning adult bookstores and clubs were constitutional and, therefore, enforceable:

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Viewed in the proper light, the evidence and the factual findings of the lower courts support only one conclusion: that the City met its burden of showing continued focus on sexually explicit activities and materials by the adult bookstores and adult eating and drinking establishments.

The Appellate Division found that all but one of the adult bookstores had peep booths for viewing adult films, with an average of about 17 booths per store. Peep booths, by design, obviously promote sexual activities. The Appellate Division further found that all the bookstores used signage, displays, and layouts to promote sexually focused adult materials and activities. In addition, as the trial court found, many of the adult bookstores sold sex toys, adult novelties, and the like in the nonadult sections of the stores. This evidence showed that most of the adult bookstores predominantly emphasized the promotion of sexual materials and activities. * * *

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As to the adult eating and drinking establishments, the Appellate Division found that, in all the clubs, “topless dancing takes place at all times daily for approximately 16 to 18 hours a day” and also that lap dances, a quintessentially sexual activity, were offered by dancers “in both public and private areas of the club” … . This evidence, without more, adequately supported the conclusion that the topless clubs retained a predominant sexual focus. For the People Theatres of N.Y. Inc. v City of New York, 2017 NY Slip Op 04385, CtApp 6-6-17

 

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June 6, 2017/by CurlyHost
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