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CITY OP RENTON, WASHINGTON
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF .RENTON , WASHINGTON,
AMENDING SECTION 6-116 OF TITLE VI (POLICE
REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE N0 . 1628 ENTITLED
rrCODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
RENTON'� RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
MO RAL S
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION I : Section 6-116 of Title VI (Police Regulations)
of Ordinance No . 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City
of Renton" is hereby amended to read as follows :
6-116 (1) It shall be unlawful for every person:
a. Having knowledge of the contents of any obscene
film, publication, performance and other written
or graphic matter to exhi.bit, sell, distribute,
display for sale or distribution, or having
=knowledge of the contents thereof to have in
his or her possession with the intent to sell
or di.stribute any book, magazine , pamphlet,
comic book, newspaper, writing, photograph,
motion picture film, phonograph record, tape
or wire recording , picture, drawing, figure ,
image or any object or thing which is obscene ;
or
b. Having knowledge of the contents thereof to
cause to be performed or exhibited or to
engage in the performance or exhibition of
any show, act, play, dance, or motion picture
which is obscene.
I 6-116 (2) OBSCENE - - DEFINITION� For the purpose of this
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Section, the term "obscene" shall be defined as mate.rial/ acts which,
in sex
taken as a whole, appeal to the prurient interest/of the average person
upori application of contemporary community standards which portray
sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and which, taken as a whole '
do not have serious literary , artistic, political, or scientific value. '
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The term "community standard" shall mean� . the standard within the State
of[ngshi.ngton.
Obscene material or acts shall be deemed to include:
a. Patently offensive representations or descripti.ons
of ultimate sexual acts , normal or perverted, actual
or simulated, including those between humans and
animals ; �
b. Patently offensive representations or descriptions
of masturbation, fellatio, cunnilingus , excretory
functions , and lewd exhibition of the genitals .
6-116 (3 ) VIOLATION -- PENALTY Each day's exhibition,
display, distributinn, or possession of any material in violation of
this Section shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense, and except
as otherwise specified, any person convicted of a violation of thi,s
Section shall be fined a sum not less than $100 . 00 nor more than $500 . 00
or imprisoned in the City Jail for a period not exceeding ninety (90)
days , or by both such fine and imprisonment for each day's violati.on.
SECTION II ; Any and all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION III : This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval and five days after its publication.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 7th day of `,�'�.nraary ,�f 1974�:
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Delores A. Mead,`City Clerk
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 7th day of ;�anuary�� 1974,�
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Avery rrett , ayo"r
A oved as to Form: i,
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Gerard M. Shellan, City Attorney
Date of Public�tion: 1-11-74 -2-