North Carolina § 14-202 - 11. Restrictions as to adult establishments.
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§ 14-202. 11. Restrictions as to adult establishments.
No person shall permit any building, premises, structure, or other facility that contains any adult establishment to contain any other kind of adult establishment. No person shall permit any building, premises, structure, or other facility in which sexually oriented devices are sold, distributed, exhibited, or contained to contain any adult establishment. No person shall permit the practice of massage and bodywork therapy, as defined in Article 36 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, in an adult establishment. No person shall permit any viewing booth in an adult mini motion picture theatre to be occupied by more than one person at any time. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preempt local government regulation of the location or operation of adult establishments or other sexually oriented businesses to the extent consistent with the constitutional protection afforded free speech. History (1977, c. 987, s. 1; 1985, c. 731, s. 2; 1998-46, s. 5; 2017-151, s. 2(c).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-151, s. 2(c), effective October 1, 2017, added subsection (a1). Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1977 constitutional law, see 56 N.C.L. Rev. 943 (1978). For survey of 1977 law on property, see 56 N.C.L. Rev. 1111 (1978).
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Section 14-202 ("11. Restrictions as to adult establishments.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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