East Brunswick, NJ Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

Chapter 153 of the East Brunswick Township code, titled Obscenity and Public Indecency, was adopted by the Township Council on 10-9-79. Its purpose section says the Township intends to regulate adult uses to keep adult reading material away from children under eighteen and to discourage locating adult entertainment activities near shopping centers and public areas open to family groups. The chapter works through conduct rules and a nuisance procedure rather than a licensing scheme.

Section 153-3 lists the unlawful acts. They include knowingly disseminating obscene material, knowingly taking part in an obscene performance made available to the public, and providing service to patrons in a way that exposes the listed body areas to public view. Paragraphs 5 and 6 add a ban on bringing in, preparing, selling, exhibiting or distributing devices designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs. Section 153-3.1 declares places where obscene films are exhibited, and places where obscene publications are a principal part of the stock and trade, to be public nuisances. Massage parlors or model studios used for lewdness, assignations or prostitution are also named as nuisances.

The Director of Public Safety gives written notice, and if the activity has not ceased within seven judicial days the Township takes legal action. The recipient can bring a declaratory judgment action, and the Municipal Attorney can seek an injunction in Superior Court. The zoning chapter adds two layers: § 228-3 defines ADULT CABARET and SEX CLUB, and § 228-6.6 lists sex clubs and massage parlors among prohibited uses.