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A I N <br />T I E <br />Wms^s m. fI 'i ‘\ At • <br />wm m <br />fl *v ]f-M <br />(‘•VOi <br />^ 1f9ti i "S % . - ->y 0^ <br />Boston's once ruunchy Combat Zone /above/ h3s since been cleaned up. Xow only a <br />handful of adult businesses remain ^bclowj. <br />i. <br />^LL l L l A • v^V-; >• <br />■I i\\ <br />1 <br />•' V.r.-a:. ., <br />MJ"jr <br />fmm <br />IT^ <br />2 «f <br />kesu • <br />’liiiU] <br />L \ . <br />\Mm <br />••■■^ '■ k •;,"?..5| V'^ii <br />rfLMY-< __ <br />I JX <br />i <br />the New York Court of Ap­ <br />peals (the state's highest court). <br />In February 1998, the court <br />noted in Stringfellow's of New <br />York V. City of New York that <br />the regulations could force up <br />to 84 percent of the city's 177 <br />adult businesses to move—but <br />that the businesses could sur­ <br />vive because the city had <br />counted 500 available sites. <br />The Supreme Court has re­ <br />viewed few adult use cases since <br />the early 1980s, indicating that <br />lower courts are applying the <br />law consistently. <br />Like many cities. New York <br />requires that adult uses be at <br />last 500 feet from residential <br />areas, schools, places of wor­ <br />ship, and other adult busi­ <br />nesses. Less dense cities such <br />as Oklahoma City typically re­ <br />quire 1,000 feet between adult <br />businesses. <br />One school of thought <br />At one time the prevailing <br />notion was to concentrate adult <br />uses into one district to mini- <br />mize conflicts with surround­ <br />ing areas. One well-known ex ­ <br />ample was Boston’s Combat <br />Zone (see accompanying box). <br />Some cities, like Livonia, <br />Michigan (pop. 102,000), still <br />use this method. This Detroit <br />suburb would allow adult uses <br />within two commercial dis­ <br />tricts along a six-mile indus­ <br />trial corridor. These businesses <br />are considered conditional uses; <br />they would need planning com­ <br />mission and city council ap­ <br />proval, says John Nag>^ the <br />city's planning director. <br />Jacksonville, North Carolina <br />(pop. 75,000), takes a similar <br />approach. This small commu­ <br />nity is home to Camp Lejeune— <br />and its 40,000 marines. <br />Through the 1960s, when it <br />had about 30 adult businesses, <br />"the town was wide open," <br />says Bruce Payne, the city's <br />planning director. Now Jack ­ <br />sonville has only seven such <br />firms, he adds. <br />Over the years Jacksonville