It is the purpose of this Section governing Adult Entertainment Establishments to
address and mitigate the secondary effects of Adult Entertainment Establishments and sexually oriented
businesses that are referenced and defined herein. Secondary effects have been shown to include
increased crime, adverse impacts on public health, adverse impacts on the business climate of the Town,
adverse impacts on the property values of residential and commercial properties, and adverse impacts
on the quality of life in the Town. All of said secondary impacts are adverse to the health, safety and
general welfare of the Town and its inhabitants. 1. The provisions of this By-Law have neither the purpose nor intent of imposing a
limitation on the content of any communicative matter or materials, including
sexually oriented matter or materials. Similarly, it is not the purpose or intent of
this By-Law to restrict or deny access by adults to Adult Entertainment
Establishments or to sexually oriented matter or materials that are protected by
the Constitution of the United States of America or of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, nor to restrict or deny rights that distributors or exhibitors of
such matter or materials may have to sell, rent, distribute or exhibit such matter
or materials. Neither is it the purpose or intent of this By-Law to legalize the
sale, rental, distribution or exhibition of obscene or other illegal matter or
materials. 7.1.2 Authority. This By-Law is enacted pursuant to G.L. Chapter 40A and pursuant to the
Massachusetts Constitution to serve the compelling Town interests of limiting the location of and
preventing the clustering and concentration of certain Adult Entertainment Establishments for the
reasons set forth, above. 7.1.3 Applicability.