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property, harms the economic welfare of the City of Zephyrhills, and adversely affects the public 's interest in the quality of life, tone of commerce, and community environment in the City of Zephyrhills. (j ) In order to preserve and safeguard the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the people of the City of Zephyrhills, it is necessary and advisable for the City of Zephyrhills to regulate the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at establishments where the activities described in subsections (a) and (b) occur. (k) Employees of establishments at which the activities described in subsections (a) and (b) occur engage in a higher incidence of certain types- of criminal behavior than employees of other establishments. (1) Physical contact within establishments at which the activities described in subsections (a) and (b) occur between employees exhibiting specified anatomical areas and customers poses a threat to the health of both and promotes the spread of communicable and social diseases. (m) In order to preserve and safeguard the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of the City of Zephyrhills, it is nepessary and advisable for the City of Zephyrhills to regulate the conduct of owners, managers, operators, agents, err}ployees, entertainers, performers, and customers at establishments where the activities described in subsections (a) and (b) occur. (n) The potential dangers to the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of the City of Zephyrhills, posed by permitting an establishment at which the activities described in subsections (a) and (b) occur to operate without first obtaining- -a licenliise under this Ordinance are so great as to require the licensure of such establishments prior to their being permitted to operate. (o) Requiring erryployees of establishments at which the activities described in subsections (a) and (b) occur to obtain an adult entertainment permit before beginning to work in such establishments will help reduce the incidence of certain types of criminal behavior by facilitating the identification of potential witnesses or suspects, 'by preventing minors from working in such establishments, and by making it easier for health officials to control the spread of communicable and social diseases in such establishments. (p) Prohibiting establishments at which the activities described in subsections (a) and (b) occur from opreating within close proximity of education institutions, religious institutions, areas zoned for residential use, and parks, at which children are customarily found, will serve to protect children from the adverse affects of the activities that accompany such establishments. (q) Personal advertising within close proximity of public thoroughfares poses a traffic hazard and a threat to the safety of people using those thoroughfares. (r) "Straddle dancing" does not contain any element of communication, and is therefore conduct rather than expression. ( s) "Straddle dancing" in establishments poses a threat to the health of the participants and promotes the spread of communicable and social disease. Section 1-7. Definitions. In the Adult Entertainment Ordinance, unless the context suggests otherwise: (a) "Adult Bookstore" means an establishment which sells or -3- O.R. 2005 PAGE 1914