Playtime Theaters and Sea-First Properties purchased two theaters in Renton, Washington, with the intention of exhibiting adult films. About the same time, they filed suit seeking injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment that the First and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by a city of Renton ordinance that prohibits adult motion picture theaters from locating within one thousand feet of any residential zone, single- or multiple-family dwelling, church, park, or school.
(a) What are the arguments that the city has the right to enforce such an ordinance?
(b) What are the arguments that the city does not have the right to enforce such an ordinance?
(c) What result? Explain.