[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Oxford 4-21-1994 by Ord. No. 94-6 (Ch. 35 of the 1974 Township
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation,
association or other legal entity.
A commercial establishment which, as one of
its principal business purposes, offers for sale, rental or display
any of the following: books, magazines, periodicals or other printed
material or photographs, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides
or other visual representations which depict or describe a specified
sexual activity or specified anatomical area, or still- or motion-picture
machines, projectors or other image-producing devices which show images
to one person per machine at any one time and where the images so
displayed are characterized by the depiction of a specified sexual
activity or specified anatomical areas, or instruments, devices or
paraphernalia which are designed for use in connection with a specified
sexual activity;
A commercial establishment which regularly features
waiters, waitresses, dancers or other live performances characterized
by the exposure of a specified anatomical area or by a specified sexual
activity or which regularly shows films, motion pictures, videocassettes,
slides or other photographic representations which depict or describe
a specified sexual activity or specified anatomical area; or
A hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment
which offers accommodations to the public for any form of consideration
and which provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmission,
films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other visual representations
which depict or describe a specified sexual activity or specified
anatomical area and has a sign visible from a public right-of-way
which advertises the availability of these visual representations
or offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time that is less
than 10 hours or allows an occupant of a sleeping room to subrent
the room for a period of time that is less than 10 hours.
A.
No person shall operate a sexually oriented business
within 1,000 feet of any existing sexually oriented business, or any
church, synagogue, temple or other place of public worship, or any
elementary or secondary school or any school bus stop, or any municipal
or county playground or place of public resort and recreation, or
within 500 feet of any area zoned for residential use, or within 1,000
feet of a public or private recreational facility, including but not
limited to bowling alleys, skating rinks, pool parties, video arcades
or similar enterprises catering to or frequently attended by minors
under the age of 18 years. This subsection shall not apply to a sexually
oriented business already lawfully operating on the effective date
of this chapter where another sexually oriented business, an elementary
or secondary school or school bus stop or any municipal or county
playground or place of public resort and recreation is subsequently
established within 1,000 feet or a residential district or residential
lot is subsequently established within 500 feet.
B.
Every sexually oriented business shall be surrounded
by a perimeter buffer of at least 50 feet in width, consisting of
plantings to the satisfaction of the Township Land Use Board. This
subsection shall not apply to a sexually oriented business already
lawfully operating on the effective date of this chapter.
C.
No sexually oriented business which regularly shows
films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other photographic
representations which depict or describe a specified sexual activity
or specified anatomical area shall offer for public use any private
booths, screens, enclosures or other devices which facilitate sexual
activity by patrons.
D.
A sexually oriented business shall display one exterior
sign giving notice that the premises are off-limits to minors.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to one or more
of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or
in any other place provided by the Township for the detention of prisoners
for any term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding $1,000
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, to become
effective on the effective date of this chapter.
