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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 842 AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 7 TO TITLE IV (HEALTH, SAFETY, MORAL, AND GENERAL WELFARE) OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON REGULATING THE DISPLAY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT READING MATERIAL IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS- THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 7, is added to Title IV of the Ordinance Code of the City of Pleasanton to read as follows: CHAPTER 7. Sexually Explicit Reading Material Section 4-8.15. Finding and Declarations The City Council finds and declares that there exists in the City of Pleasanton a tendency toward a display of adult magazines and books in liquor stores, grocery markets, drug stores and other retail outlets in such a manner that children, often of tender years, are exposed to book and magazine covers depicting explicit sexual activity and showing human genitals and pubic regions in a sexually explicit manner. The City Council finds that such exposure establishes a tone in the community inconsistent with morality and good order. The Council, therefore, finds that it is in the best interest of public health, safety, and welfare to restrict the display of reading material with sexually explicit covers and to adopt the following regulations so that the ad- verse impacts of such material on children and the community as a whole will be kept to a minimum. Section 4-8.16. Definitions The following words and phrases used in this article shall be defined as follows: a. Commercial establishment - Any place of business in which minors are permitted in the City of Pleasanton. b. Explicit sexual depictions. Any picture, photograph, drawing, decoration, or other illustration depicting: (1) human genitals in a state of sexual arousal, stimulation, or otherwise emphasizing the genitals. -1-