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and application requirements for the required special permit which, in addition to standard special permit application requirements, require that the application provide the name and address of the legal owner of the establishment, the legal owner of the property, and the manager of the proposed establishment. The proposed Section 174-45.2 also requires that: • No Special Permit shall be issued to any applicant, if any applicant, principal(s), manager(s) have been convicted of violating the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 119, Section 63, or Chapter 272, Sections 1 through 35A, or equivalent statues in other jurisdictions. Application shall include authorization for the Planning Board to confirm criminal record information through the appropriate authorities. • In addition to the Dimensional Requirements specified in §174-25 (11), a twenty (20) foot vegetative buffer containing adequate screening given the character of the neighborhood and the intensity of the use shall be provided between adult entertainment uses and abutting commercial uses, if any. • All building openings, entries and windows shall be screened in such a manner as to prevent visual access to the interior of the establishment by the public. • No adult use shall be allowed to display for advertisement or other purpose any signs, placards or other like materials to the general public on the exterior of the building or on the interior where the same may seen through glass or other like transparent material any sexually explicit figures or words as defined in M.G.L. Chapter 272, § 31. • No adult entertainment use shall have any flashing lights visible from outside the establishment. • No adult entertainment use shall have a freestanding accessory sign. • No adult use shall be allowed to disseminate or offer to disseminate adult matter or paraphernalia to minors or suffer minors to view displays or linger on the premises. • A Special Permit issued under this section shall lapse upon any transfer of ownership or legal interest or change in contractual interest in the subject premises or property. The Special Permit may be renewed thereafter only in accordance with Section 174-24 C) and the procedures outlined in and the procedures outlined above. • Special Permits issued hereunder shall lapse unless substantial use thereof is made within six (6) months of being granted, exclusive of the time, if any, consumed during any appeals pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 17, except for good cause shown. Any application for an extension of this period shall be filed prior to the lapse of the Special Permit. • A violation of any one of these requirements may result in the revocation of the establishment's Special Permit. The full text of these articles may be reviewed in the office of the Town Clerk or Town Planner at Mashpee Town Hall. Submitted by Patrick J. Coffey, Chairman Mashpee Planning Board Publication dates: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 Tuesday, March 24, 1998