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• CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO. 329 <br />ADULT USES <br />AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 291 <br />329.01 Findings and Recitals <br />Subd. 1. On March 9, 1998, the City Council enacted an interim ordinance (Ordinance <br />#305) creating a moratorium on the establishment of adult uses within the City and <br />directing the City Staff to conduct a study to determine how best to regulate such uses. <br />The scope of the study was to include, but not be limited to, the following: <br />A. The particular zoning districts in which adult establishments should be allowed <br />as either permitted or conditional uses; <br />B. The density and concentration of adult uses; and, <br />C. The effect of adult uses on other uses in the surrounding area. <br />Subd. 2. Upon completion of the study, the matter was to be considered by the Planning <br />Commission for its review and recommendation to the City Council. <br />The study has been completed and the Planning Commission has reviewed the study and <br />has passed its recommendation to the City Council fo'r review. The City Council has also <br />reviewed the staffs study and duly considered the recommendation of the Planning <br />Commission. <br />The staffs study contained copies of certain reports specifically including a report which <br />was prepared by the State Attorney General entitled "Report of the Attorney General's <br />Working Group on Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses", dated June 6, 1989 (the <br />"Report"). The Report considered evidence from studies conducted in Minneapolis, St. <br />Paul, and many other cities throughout the country relating to sexually oriented <br />businesses. The City Staff, Planning Commission, and City Council have reviewed the <br />Report. <br />The Report, based upon the above referenced studies and the testimony and evidence it <br />concluded, among other things, " ... that sexually oriented businesses are associated <br />with high crime rates and depression of property values...." Prior to the issuance of the <br />Report, the State Attorney General's Working Group also heard testimony that " ... the <br />character of a neighborhood can dramatically change when there is a concentration of <br />sexually oriented businesses adjacent to residential property." The Report found and <br />concluded that: <br />A. Adult uses have an impact on the neighborhoods surrounding them, which is <br />329-1 <br />