Ebel v. City of Corona

698 F.2d 390 Helen EBEL, Appellant, v. CITY OF CORONA, a municipal corporation; William Ketteman, Planning Director of the City of Corona; and B. Talbert, Chief of Police of the City of Corona, Appellees. No. 82-5056. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 1, 1982. Decided Feb. 1, 1983. Roger Jon Diamond, Hecht, Diamond & Greenfield, Pacific Palisades, Cal., for appellant. Meredith Jury, Best, Best & Krieger, Riverside, Cal., for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before GOODWIN, HUG and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge. 1 Helen Ebel appeals from the denial of a preliminary injunction to restrain the City of Corona from closing an adult bookstore. We reverse and remand. 2 Ebel opened her bookstore arcade in Corona, California in July 1981. The Corona City Council adopted ordinances on September 16, 1981, defining "sex oriented material" 1 and restricting sellers of it to certain commercial zones. The ordinances prohibit any "seller of sex-oriented material" 2 from operating on any lot directly abutting a residentially zoned lot or within 750 feet of: any school…