Oregon Measure 87, Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses' Locations Amendment (2000)
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| Topic Business regulations and Sexual content regulations |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 87 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 7, 2000. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the zoning of sexually oriented businesses, such as nude entertainment, without needing to demonstrate actual neighborhood harm. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the zoning of sexually oriented businesses, such as nude entertainment, without needing to demonstrate actual neighborhood harm. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 87 |
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| Yes | 694,410 | 47.36% | ||
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771,901 | 52.64% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 87 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: ALLOWS REGULATION OF LOCATION OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES THROUGH ZONING RESULT OF “YES” VOTE: “Yes” vote allows zoning of sexually oriented businesses without showing threatened or actual neighborhood harm. RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No” vote retains ban on zoning businesses based on content of speech, expression presented there. SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Oregon Constitution allows regulation of location of sexually oriented businesses upon showing of threatened or actual neighborhood harm other than exposure to sexual expression, and only as other businesses’ locations regulated for same harm. Federal constitution permits some zoning of sexually oriented businesses. Measure would allow zoning of such businesses without showing threatened or actual harm, to extent permitted by federal constitution. Covers commercial establishments whose principal business is nude dancing, nude entertainment or production, distribution or display of representations of sexual activity. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial effect on state or local government expenditures or revenues. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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Footnotes
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