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, Ordinance Overview Ordinance #311 (the Ordinance) defines Adult Uses (Section 2.02) to include, among other things, Adult Bookstores, Adult Theaters, Adult Novelty Stores, and businesses which show Specified Anatomical Areas or conduct Specified Sexual Activities, etc.,. If a business is an Adult Use and derives 25 percent of its gross monthly receipts or devotes 25 percent of its floor area, then it is regulated by this ordinance. . The ordinance, in Section 3.01, limited the location of adult uses to the B-4 zoning districts that is greater than 1,000 feet from any residential zoning district (Exhibit C). The following table depicts the various relationships that would be associated with SOB's. Zoninl!: Ana1vsis of SOB's Zoning Acreage % of Zoning % of all % of all Business & % of City * District District Business Zones Industrial Zones B-4 21 acres 100 percent 6.3 nercent 3 nercent 0.5 nercent · Excludes TeAAP property (2,370 acres) The ordinance also provides for the regulation of the signage of the business (Section 3.02), layout of the business (Section 3.03) and requires a license prior to opening a business (Section 3.04). The licensing section of the ordinance only allows the issuance of one license per building or parcel and that no more than three licenses be issued at anyone time. The ordinance prohibits minors from entering an adult use (Section 3.13) and limits the hours of operation from 9:00 am to midnight (Section 3.14). . Findinl!:s The Staff finds the characteristics of Arden Hills are substantially similar to those of the cities cited by the Report when considering the affects of adult uses. The Staff finds, based upon the Report and the studies cited therein, that adult uses may have adverse secondary effects upon certain pre-existing land uses within the City, and that the public health, safety, and general welfare will be promoted if the City adopts regulations regarding adult uses. The Staff finds that the adverse secondary effects tend to diminish if adult uses in the City are regulated by locational and licensing requirements. It is not the intent of the Staff to prohibit adult uses from having a reasonable opportunity to locate within the City. The City's current zoning ordinance does not address such adult uses, which have been found by other municipalities to cause similar adverse secondary effects. Specifically, the City Council is concerned that the City's zoning ordinance may be inadequate in its scope and in its restrictions to accomplish the purpose for which it was intended. .