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ORDINANCE NO, li7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROHIBITING
THE SALE OF OBSCENE MATERIALS, DEFINING
0$SCENE MATERIAL, AND PROVIDING PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE
OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. A person commits the offense of distributing
obscene materials when he sells, lends, rents, leases, gives
advertises, publishes, exhibits or otherwise disseminates
to any person any obscene material of any description, knowing
the obscene nature thereof, or who offers to do so, or who
possesses such material with the intent so to do.,
Section 2. Material is obscene if considered as a
whole, applying community standards, its predominant appeal
is to prurient interest, that is, a shameful or morbid interest
in nudity, sex or excretion, and utterly without redeeming
social value and if, in addition, it goes substantially beyond
customary limits of candor in describing or representing such
matters. Undeveloped photographs, mo?_ds, printing plates and
the like shall be deemed obscene notwithstanding that processing
or other acts may be required to make the obscenity patent or
to disseminate it.
Section 3. Material, not otherwise obscene, may be
deemed obscene under this section if the distribution thereof,
II or the offer to do so, or the possession with the intent to do
so is a commercial exploitation of erotica solely for the
sake of their prurient appeal.
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Section 4. Any person convicted of a violation
of this Ordinance shall be punished as provided in Section
10 of Ordinance 1.
Section 5. A11 Ordinances, or parts thereof,
in conflict herewith, by and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect upon
its passage and approval, as provided by law.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED ON_ N%~ READING THIS f 7 ~`- DAY OF
APPROVED ; f /~
;'Mayor
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