10-18-1999 Planning Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

2. Communities should adopt regulations which reduce the likelihood of criminal activity related to sexually oriented businesses, including but not limited to open booth ordinances and ordinances which authorize denial or revocation of licenses when the licensee has committed offenses relevant to the operation of the business. 3. Communities should adopt regulations which reduce exposure of the community and minors to the blighting appearance of sexually oriented businesses Including but not limited to regulations of signage and exterior design of such businesses and should enforce state law requiring sealed wrappers and opaque covers on sexually oriented material. CONCLUSION There are many actions which communities may take within the law to protect themselves from the adverse secondary effect^ rf sexually oriented businesses. Prosecution of obscenity crimes can play ihe rcla in decreasing the profitability of sexually oriented businesses and removing materials which violate convnunity standards from local outlets. Forfeiture and injunction to prevent public nuisance should be available where sexually oriented businesses are the site of sex*related crimes and violations of laws pertaining to- gambling, liquor or controlled substances. These actions will remove the most egregious establishments from communities. Zoning can reduce the likelihood that sexually oriented businesses will lead to neighborhood blight Licensing can sever the link between at least some cn*me figures and sexually oriented businesses. Regulation and enforcement can protect minors from exposure to sexually explicit materials. The Attorney General's Working Group on the Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses believes that prosecution, seizure of proftts. zoning and regulation of sexually oriented businesses should only be done in keeping with the constitutiortal -45-