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Section 1340 - Adult {Jses 1340.01 Findings and Recitals. . Subl!. I On Man.:h 9. 199R. the City ('<'unei] enacted an interim ordinancc (Ordinance InOS) creating a moratorium on the establishment of adult uses within the City and directing thc City Staff to conduct a study to determine how best to regulate such uses. The scope of the study was to include. bulnot be limited to. the following: A. The particular zoning districts in which adult establishments should be allowed as either permitted or conditional uses: B. The density and concentration of adult uses: and. C. The dTect of adult uses on other uses in the surrounding area. Subd.2 \ !pon completion of the study. the matter was to be considered by the Planning Commission li,r its review and recomHlendation to the City ('ouncil. The study has been completed and the Planning Commission has reviewed the study and has passed its recommendation to the City Councilli,r review. The City Council has also reviewed the staffs study and duly considered the n:coIllTTlendatit,n of the Planning Commission. The staB's study Cl'ntained copies of certain reports specifically including a report which was prepared by the State Attomey General entitled "Report of th~: Attomey General's Working Group on Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses". dated June 6. 19R9 (the "Report" ). The RepOt1 considered evidence Ii-om sllldit:s conducted in Minneapolis. 51. Paul. and many other cities throughout the ctntlltry relating to scxually oriented husinesses. The City Stafl Planning Commission. and City Council have reviewed the Rep<,rl. . The Report. based upon the above referenced studies and the testimony and evidence it concluded. among l,ther things. "... that sexually oriented husinesses af(~ associated with high crime rates and depression of property values. . .." Prior to the issuance of the RepOJ1. the State Attorney General's Working Group also heard testimony that" . . . the character of a neighh<,rhood can dramatically change when there is a concentration of sexually oriented husint'sses adjacent to rcsidential property." The I{eport found and Cllllcluded that: A Adult uses have an impact on the neighborhoods surrounding them, which is distinct Ii-om the impact caused by other comml'reialuses: B. Residential neighborhoods located within close proximity to adult theaters. bookstores and other adult uses experience increase crime rates (sex-related crimes in particular). lowered property \'alues. increased transiency. and dencased stability of ownership: C. The advlTse impacts which adult uses han' on surrounding areas diminish ,IS S,'dion I.HO .,\dull tis,", I'al!c I lOr '-' .