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AvhcU. <br />P L A N N I N G <br />F1lU muv \‘3 <br />P R A C T I C E <br />c <br />Zoned Out take on r^giilatiiig adtilf iises.' H By John Gilinore <br />ISMS' qP <br />m <br />IJ-W'* <br />M bm —H <br />Mil ;!S«A «ia <br />■-. <br />!/• V vji> .• -i *ACV v ;;u :uj [^ <br />;.• -j . r..ipv <br />'Hi- <br />>r 11 •; . <br />•~:J- <br />Tjv V'VisJtJr^^^ __CDIT18 <br />nt NO 1 VIDE <br />ii?a <br />I _ <br />‘CPS <br />llll <br />UR <br />i*i ‘f <br />i' V' •* <br />U ‘fe <br />* ': 5^ <br />&i.'« <br />^ _• <br />Sane or sanitized?New York's Times Square Ls no longer the seedy spot it used to be. Under rec^t <br />regulations, some ofihe old porno shops have relocated to other parts of the city. <br />e\v York s <br />Times Square ain t whtU ;t u'-ed <br />to be. While the ^litj anJ break ­ <br />neck pace are the same the <br />seediness that defined llie <br />placc —the peep shows, adult <br />book Mores, and strip clubs — <br />is just about gone <br />Aliliough a boom in real es­ <br />tate development accounts fc»r <br />mucli of the cleanup recent <br />coning regulations c 'verning <br />aviult u^es are changing not <br />tmly the character of Times <br />Square but New York City s <br />entire adult entertainment in­ <br />dustry. Those regulations have <br />been tested “*ind have tri- <br />umplied —in court and are <br />likely to affect porno /ones in <br />the rest of the nati<m espe ­ <br />cially because the new rules <br />aren l exclusive to the Big <br />Apple I hey are a synthesis of <br />regulatory techniques that were <br />pioneered in places such as <br />Cincinnati Oliit* iind Islip <br />New York <br />But make nc) mistake Adult <br />busiiu.sse'' tire heie U» >tav~ <br />because the coerl^ h;^vp_tip- <br />l^ Ivi tneir riglu to operate . In <br />New York ^ 'ine of the stcTe- <br />ironts near Times Square that <br />»*iKe advertised Trip!e-X vid ­ <br />eos are now filled with G rated <br />animated movies and others <br />are bi>aii.ied up but that <br />doesn t mean tlie businesses <br />have closed up entirely Some <br />•? die old shop> have simply