It is unlawful for any person with knowledge that a person is under twenty-one years of age, or who fails to require proof of age and exercise reasonable care in determining the age of such person, to sell, deliver, offer for sale, distribute, publish, print or exhibit to any person under twenty-one years of age any harmful material with knowledge of the content thereof, or recklessly failing to exercise reasonable inspection which would have disclosed the nature or content thereof, whether writing, picture, moving picture, record, or other representation or embodiment of harmful material, or to present or to direct a harmful play or other performance, or to perform a harmful act, or otherwise promote the sale of harmful material to any person under twenty-one years of age. (Ord. 82-1039 § 1, 1982)

A thing shall be deemed to be "harmful" which in whole or in part depicts or describes nude persons, sexual acts, normal or perverted sexual conduct, whether actual or simulated, representations of masturbation, excretory functions, or the human genitals. A thing shall also be deemed "harmful" which, when taken as a whole, appeals to an interest in violence and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value, and which depicts or describes the shooting, stabbing, mutilating, maiming, torturing, burning, strangling or striking of a human being. (Ord. 82-1039 § 2, 1982)

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any public Library or accredited educational institution from circulating harmful material to any person under the age of eighteen years, provided such circulation was with parental consent and was for a legitimate scientific or educational purpose. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a parent from distributing to his child any harmful material. (Ord. 82-1039 § 3, 1982)

(a) Any film which, because of its theme, content or treatment, is objectionable for persons under the age of twenty-one shall be designated "X." For the purpose of this chapter, such film shall include any film which, when considered as a whole, has a calculated purpose or dominant effect that is substantially to arouse sexual desire and the effect of which is so great as to outweigh whatever artistic or other merits the film any possess, and of which to a person under twenty-one years of age, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interests, or because of its treatment of violence, crime or profanity, is objectionable for viewing by persons of that age.

(b) Any film designated "X" shall be maintained in a separate restricted area. No X-rated film, promotional materials or other literature relating to the same shall be publicly displayed, and private on-site screening of such film is hereby prohibited. (Ord. 82-1039 § 4, 1982)

Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and may be incarcerated in a penal institution other than the penitentiary not to exceed six months. (Ord. 82-1039 § 5, 1982)