§ 1-10-116. Purpose and intent.  


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  • The intent of the board of county commissioners in adopting the comprehensive sexually oriented business licensing code is to establish reasonable and uniform laws that will protect the health, safety and general welfare of the people of Charlotte County, Florida. The provisions of this article, acting alone or together with other code sections or ordinances, have neither the purpose nor effect of imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative materials, including sexually oriented material. Similarly, it is not the intent nor effect of this article to restrict or deny access by adults to adult materials or expression protected by the first amendment to the United States Constitution, or to deny access by distributors and exhibitors of sexually oriented uses to their intended market.

(Ord. No. 99-036, § 1, 9-20-99)