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3. Distance Reaulrementa <br />Another factor that may be examined by some courts is the distance requirement <br />established by an adult entertainment zoning ordinance. In SDJ. Inc, v. Houston . 837 <br />F.2d 1268 (5th Cir. 1988), the Court was asked to Invalidate a 750-fbot distancing <br />requirement on the ground that the city had not proved that 750 feet, as opposed to <br />some other distance, was necessary to serve the city's Interest <br />The Court found that an adult entertainment zoning ordinance is "sufficiently well <br />tailored if it effectively promotes the government's stated interest ” and declined to <br />"second-guess* the city coundl. Houston, suora. 837 F.2d at 1276. <br />Courte have sustained both requirements that sexually oriented businesses be <br />located at specified distances from each other, see Youno. suora.* (upholding distance <br />requirement of 1000 feet between sexually oriented businesses), and requirements that <br />sexually orierrted businesses be located at fixed distances from other sensitive uses, <br />see Rerrton. suora. (upholding distarwe requirement of 1000 feet between sexually <br />oriented businesses and residential zones, singie-or-muttiple femily dwellings,• • <br />churches, parks or schools). <br />The Working Group heard testimony that when an ordinance establishes distances <br />between sexually oriented uses, an additional regulation may be needed to prevent <br />operators of these businesses to defeat the .intent of the regulation by concentrating <br />sexually oriented businesses of various types under one roof, as in a sexually oriented <br />mini-mall. The city of St Paid has adopted an ordinance preventing more than one <br />adult use (e.g., sexually oriented theater, bookstore, massage parlor) from locating <br />within a single building. A similar ordinance was upheld in the North Carolina case of <br />Hart Book Stores. Ina v. Edmisten. 612 F. 2d 821 (4th CIr. 1979), cert denied. 447 U.S. <br />929 (1980). <br />The experience with multiple-use sexually oriented businesses at the University- <br />Dele Intersection suggests that these businesses have a greater potential for causing <br />neighborhood problems than do single-use sexually oriemed businesses. Following <br />Renton. It is suggested that lawmakers document the adverse effects which the <br />-39-