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RESOLUTION #15-067 OF THE HALL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS A RESOLUTION AMENDING PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING RESOLUTION OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA REGULATING ADULT ESTABLISHMENTS. WHEREAS, adult establishments require special supervision from the public safety agencies of the County in order to protect and preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the patrons of such businesses as well as the citizens of the County; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors finds that adult establishments, as a category of establishments, are frequently used for unlawful sexual activities, including prostitution and sexual liaisons of a casual nature; and WHEREAS, there is convincing documented evidence that adult establishments, as a category of establishments, have deleterious secondary effects and are often associated with crime and adverse effects on surrounding properties; and WHEREAS,the Board of Supervisors desires to minimize and control these adverse effects and thereby protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizenry; protect the citizens from crime; preserve the quality of life; preserve the character of surrounding areas and deter the spread of blight; and WHEREAS, the County recognizes its constitutional duty to interpret and construe its laws to comply with constitutional requirements as they are announced; and WHEREAS, with the passage of any resolution, the County and the Board of Supervisors accept as binding the applicability of general principles of criminal and civil law and procedure and the rights and obligations under the United States and Nebraska Constitutions, Nebraska Code, and the Nebraska Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure; and. WHEREAS, it is not the intent of this resolution to suppress any speech activities protected by the U.S. Constitution or the Nebraska Constitution,but to enact legislation to further the content- neutral governmental interests of the County, to wit, the controlling of secondary effects of adult establishments. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED by the Hall County Board of Supervisors that the Hall County Nebraska Zoning Resolution No. 04-0020 (2004), be amended as follows: Item 1: That Section 2.03A Definitions of Terms be amended by repealing the definitions in subsections 2.03.11 through 2.03.20, 2.03.269, 2.03.389, and 2.03.390; that the following new definitions be adopted; and that the subsections of Section 2.03A be renumbered accordingly: 8