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<br /> - <br /> ~ I <br /> - <br /> lajsu I <br /> , <br /> 14. Communities should adopt regulatfons which reduce exposure of . -I <br /> tt the community and minors to the blighting appearance of sexually <br /> oriented businesses, including but not limited to regulatfons of signage <br /> and exterior design of such businesses, and should enforce state Jaw I <br /> - requiring sealed wrappers and opaque covers on sexually oriented <br /> material. I <br /> . <br /> Ii IMPACTS OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES I <br /> The Working Group reviewed evidence from studies conducted in Minneapolis and I <br /> . St. Paul and in other cities throughout the country. These studies, taken together, <br /> provide compelling evidence that sexually oriented businesses are associated with high I <br /> . crime rates and depression of property values. In addition, the Working Group heard <br /> testimony that the character of a neighborhood can dramatically change when there is I <br /> . a concentration of sexually oriented businesses adjacent to residential property. <br /> -I <br /> . <br /> MInneapOlis Study <br /> I In 1980, on direction from the Minneapolis City Council, the Minneapolis Crime I <br /> Prevention Center examined the effects of sex-oriented and alcohol-oriented adult I <br /> . entertainment upon property values' and crime rates. This study used both simple <br /> regression and multiple regression statistical analysis to evaluate whether there was a <br /> I <br /> . causal relationship between these businesses and neighborhood blight. <br /> IJ The study concluded that there was a close association between sexually oriented I <br /> businesses, high crime rates and low housing values in a neighborhood. When the <br /> data was reexamined using control variables such as the mean income in the I <br /> . neighborhood to determine whether the association proved causation, it was unclear <br /> whether sexually oriented businesses caused a decline in property values. The I <br /> . Minneapolis study concluded that sexually oriented businesses concentrate in areas <br /> which are relatively deteriorated and, at most, they may weakly contribute to the <br /> I continued depression of property values. I <br /> -. <br /> . -6- <br /> f] I <br />