Urban legend? No one on the Liverpool City Council will give credence to a law along these lines. Seems like there must have been a story behind this one…
CHAPTER 43. PUBLIC INDECENCY SUBCHAPTER B. OBSCENITY § 43.21. Definitions (a) In this subchapter: (1) “Obscene” means material or a performance that: (A) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest in sex; (B) depicts or describes: (i) patently offensive representations or descriptions of…