"There was nothing that would have pushed . . . sexually oriented businesses to other communities," Provo spokeswoman Raylene Ireland said.

Baker called on attorney Craig Hall for assistance in drafting the ordinance changes and explaining it to the council.

Hall, who works for Chapman and Cutler, the Salt Lake City law firm that successfully blocked totally nude dancing in South Salt Lake, used provisions of the commercial free speech law, based on community standards, to tighten up the Spanish Fork ordinance.

South Salt Lake used the provisions to ban nude dancing, forcing one establishment out of business and another to partially clothe its dancers, Hall said. Other cities across the United States have followed that example, he added.

Under commercial free speech, municipalities can regulate the time and place of expression with limited control of content, Hall said.

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