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<br /> I <br /> I , <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> I- MEMORANDUM <br /> I DATE: November 16, 1995 <br /> TO: Mayor and City Council ~ <br /> I FROM: Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director <br /> I SUBJECT: Sexually Oriented Business Regulations <br /> The City Council and the City Administrator have placed several objectives on the work program <br /> I for the Community Development Department for 1995, one of these objectives was an ordinance <br /> regulating sexually oriented businesses within the City. <br /> I Currently, the City Code in Chapter 13.5 regulates Massage, Rap and Sauna Parlors within the <br /> City. However, the City Code does not regulate sexually oriented businesses (ie., adult <br /> I bookstores, etc.,) except that they are required to obtain a business license under the City Code in <br /> Chapter 13-24, Subpart gg (retail sales). <br /> I- The regulating of sexually oriented businesses has already received a significant level of judicial <br /> review. Thereby, providing the City with a legally defensible framework for instituting these <br /> regulations. As with most land use regulations, the complete ban of a particular type of land use <br /> I has not met constitutional muster and has been struck down by the courts. The Attorney General <br /> of the State of Minnesota prepared a document in 1989 on the regulation of sexually oriented <br /> businesses (Exhibit A). The Staff is also including for your information a copy from the 1995 <br /> I Update for City Attorneys on mlmicipal regulation of adult entertainment businesses (Exhibit B), <br /> an article from the Municipality (Wisconsin League of Cities) on the same topic (Exhibit C), and <br /> an article from the Zoning News (Exhibit D). The Staff will have at the worksession for <br /> I inclusion into your deliberations the 308 page analysis of the regulation of adult entertainment <br /> uses which was prepared by the Rochester/Olmsted Consolidated Planning Department and the <br /> I Office oftlJe Rochester City Attorney. <br /> The Staff has inquired with other Cities as to their regulations of sexually oriented businesses. <br /> I The Staff has received ordinances from twelve communities. Those communities are: Blaine, <br /> Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Coates, Coon Rapids, Little Canada, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, <br /> Ramsey, Rochester, White Bear Lake, and Woodbury. The Staffwill have these ordinances at <br /> I the worksession for inclusion into your deliberations on the regulation of sexually oriented <br /> businesses. <br /> I <br /> I- <br /> I <br />