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<br /> 4Y/~. I <br /> .1 <br /> community seeks to prevent by prohibiting multiple-use businesses before enacting <br /> this type of ordinance. I <br /> - <br /> 4. ReQuirinq ExistinQ Businesses to Comply with New ZoninQ I <br /> Zoning ordinances can require existing sexually-oriented businesses to close their I <br /> operations provided they do not foreclose the operation of such businesses in new' <br /> locations. Under such provisions, an existing business is allowed to remain at its I <br /> present location, even though it is a non-conforming use, for a limited period. <br /> The Minnesota Supreme Court has explained the theory this way: I <br /> The theory behind this legislative device is that the useful life of the I <br /> nonconforming use corresponds roughly to the amortization period, so that <br /> the owner is not deprived of his property until the end of its useful life. In I <br /> addition, the rnonopoly position granted during the amortization period <br /> theoretically provides the owner with compensation for the loss of some -. <br /> property interest, since the period specified rarely corresponds precisely to <br /> the useful life of any particular structure constituting the nonconforming use. <br /> NaeGele Outdoor Advertisino Co. v. Villaqe of Minnetonka, 162 NW.2d 206, 213 (Minn. I <br /> 1968). <br /> Such provisions applied to sexually oriented businesses have been said to be I <br /> "uniformly upheld." Dumas v. City of Dallas, 648 F. Supp. 1061, 1071 (N.D. Tex. 1986), I <br /> . aff'd, FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas, 837 F.2d 1298 (5th Cir. 1988) (citing cases). <br /> As detailed in the first section of this report (pp. 6-15), there are significant . <br /> - secondary impacts upon communities related to the location of sexually oriented <br /> businesses. These impacts are intensified when sexually oriented businesses are I <br /> . located in residential areas or near other sensitive uses and when sexually oriented <br /> [ businesses are concentrated near.each other or near alcohol oriented businesses. The I <br /> Working Group believes that evidence. from studies such as those described in the first <br /> [ section of this report and anecdotal evidence from neighborhood residents and police I <br /> l -40- -I <br /> ( I <br />