§ 18-54. Declaration of businesses as public nuisance per se; valuable consideration regarded as public nuisance per accidens.

(a)

The following are declared to be public nuisances per se:

(1)

Any and every place of business in the city in which lewd matter constitutes all of the stock in trade or a principal part thereof. Where such lewd matter constitutes only a part of the stock in trade and is located in a place or places within such business which are capable of demarcation, such place or places constitute the public nuisance which requires abatement.

(2)

All lewd matter possessed at a place which is a public nuisance under this section.

(b)

From and after service on the place, or its manager, or acting manager, or person then in charge of such place, of a certified copy of this article and a certified copy of the resolution provided for in this article, all valuable consideration received for the sale of such lewd matter shall be regarded as being a public nuisance per accidens, as personal property used in conducting and maintaining a declared public nuisance, as to which forfeiture will be requested in the judicial proceedings required in this article.

(Code 1953, § 28-86.3; Ord. No. C-81-91, § 1, 1-19-82)