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Pat testifying before U.S. Congress.
Current
& Past Clients
Alliance
Defense Fund
American
Family Assoc.
Americans
United for Life
Capitol
City Partners
Family
Research Council
Guardian
of Angels Foundation
The
Kings Men
Morality
in Media
Paul
and Lisa Program
Quakertown Ministerium
Renewal
Forum
United
States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of State
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HOW
TO CONTROL SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
What can a community do to protect itself against sexually oriented
businesses such as strip clubs, porn shops, and the like? This is a
question often asked by city council members, planning board members
and citizen leaders. The answer is, "a lot!" While the U.S.
Supreme Court has ruled that municipalities may not completely exclude
such businesses, zoning and licensing laws may be utilized to control
them. Such businesses may be zoned away from residential areas, churches,
schools, playgrounds, etc. Strict licensing regulations may be imposed,
prohibiting nudity and sexual touching, requiring background checks
for employees to make sure that prostitutes and sexual predators are
not employed at the businesses. Sexual acts and so-called lap dancing
may be prohibited. Communities that pass good zoning and licensing ordinances
often find that sex businesses will stay away and go elsewhere where
they are unregulated. So if you want a clean, safe community, make sure
that you are prepared. Contact Pat Trueman for help.
If a community is not prepared and receives a permit application from
a sexually oriented business, there is still much that can be done.
Pat can help your community with the intricacies of U.S. Constitutional
law and get the job done right. For a primer on what can be done with
sexually oriented businesses, click here..
The Alliance
Defense Fund provides excellent legal materials to help communities
through its Community
Defense Counsel web site. Pat serves as special counsel to ADF.
Materials may need to be updated but are free of charge. Click on "SOB
Manual." All aspects of federal constitutional law regarding
regulation of sexually oriented businesses are explained in this helpful
manual. There is also a Sample
Sexually Oriented Business Ordinance in Appendix A. See also App.
D: Summaries
of Secondary Effects Reports and App. F: Report
of the MN Attorney General's Working Group on Regulation of SOBs
for reports of the serious harmful secondary effects of sexually oriented
businesses such as rape, prostitution, decrease in neighboring property
values.
Pat
can work with and testify before city, township, or county councils
on all aspects of sexually oriented businesses. He will draft a constitutional
ordinance to control these businesses. Because of his background, as
chief of the U.S. Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity
Section, Pat can also work with your local prosecutor to bring an obscenity
case against pornography shops. He also has extensive experience in
training law enforcement on human sexual trafficking, and child exploitation.
He is quoted often in the national media on these and related issues.
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Specializing
In:
Protecting
Communities:
Zoning and licensing ordinances to regulate sexually-oriented businesses.
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Representation for clients in matters before the
United States Congress:
Pat answering
questions at the Supreme Court.
Representation
for non-profit organizations:
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