6.25.125 Activities not prohibited -- Liquor licenses.
(1) This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit:
(a) Plays, operas, musicals or other dramatic works which are not obscene;
(b) Classes, seminars and lectures held for serious scientific or educational purposes; or
(c) Exhibitions or dances which are not obscene.
These exemptions shall not apply to the sexual conduct defined in SCC 6.25.020(10), or the sexual conduct described in RCW 7.48A.010(2)(b)(ii) and (iii).
(2) Whether or not an activity is obscene shall be judged by consideration of the following factors:
(a) Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the activity taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex; and
(b) Whether the activity depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, as measured against contemporary community standards, sexual conduct as described in RCW 7.48A.010(2)(b); and
(c) Whether the activity taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
(3) This chapter does not apply to taverns and premises maintaining liquor licenses and which are subject to the rules and regulations of the Washington State Liquor Control Board. (Amended by Ord. 96-045 § 19, June 24, 1996, Eff date Sept. 26, 1997; Amended by Ord. 97-077 § 7, Aug. 27, 1997, Eff date Sept. 26, 1997).