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• (e) Studv ofAdult Entertainment Establishments in the City of Los Angeles. Los AnLyeles Department of Citv Planning., June 1977; and,, (f) Report of the Attornev General's Working Group of the Regulation of Sexually Oriented businesses; State of Minnesota, June 1989., The city council finds and determines, based on these studies, that the regulation of adult seamy oriented businesses is necessary to control and limit these adverse secondary effects. (6) The studies that have been presented show that because of their very nature, adult oriented businesses can and should be relegated to nonresidential and non -. retail zoning districts., 6) The city council has heard testimony that adequate alternate avenues of communication exist, in that X55-84 aporoximateiv 834, acres are available in the city limits for placement of -&, adult oriented businesses that are located within Heavy Industrial and Light Industrial districts.. (8 6) Sexually transmitted diseases are a legitimate public health concern, and the studies that the city council has reviewed from other cities show that these • diseases can be controlled to a certain extent by regulation of certain aspects of -s� adult oriented businesses. The city council finds and determines, based on these studies, that the regulation of se� a+ally adult oriented businesses is necessary to control and limit these adverse secondary effects. (b) The purpose of this chapter is to regulate adult businesses in order to control their adverse secondary effects in the community. The purpose of this chapter is neither to deny access to or communications of materials protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, nor to condone or legitimize such materials. Sec. 18.243. Enforcement. (a) A person who violates any provision of this article regarding a adult 6e*Ha4 oriented business mee g l3a pri,mry li.17si css tzss in ' S.244- is subject to prosecution under V.T.C.A., Local Gov't Code, Chapter 243. (b) It is a defense to prosecution under subsection 18.25 or section 18.2534- that a person appearing in a state of nudity did so in a modeling class operated: (l ) By proprietary school licensed by the state; a college, junior college or university supported entirely or partly by taxation; • 13