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community and thereby diminishes the ability of the City to promote the general health, safety, and welfare of the community; and WHEREAS, adult businesses are not appropriate in or near locations or areas designed to attract children, such as day care centers, parks, schools, recreation areas, libraries, and churches; and WHEREAS, studies of other cities have shovm that the values of both commercial nd residential properties either are diminished or fail to appreciate at the rate of other comparable properties when located in proximity to adult businesses; and WHEREAS, the adverse impacts of adult uses are exacerbated when the uses are located near each other; and WHEREAS, the presence of liquor establishments in the immediate vicinity of adult uses also compounds the adverse impacts on the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, adult businesses can increase the risk of exposure to communicable diseases, including but not limited to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), for which there is currently no cure; and WHEREAS, the risk of public health and safety problems can be significantly reduced by careful regulation of adult businesses. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORONO, MINNESOTA HEREBY ORDAINS: Section 1 - That City Code Chapter lii, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 62, which shall read as follows: SEC. 10.62. SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES. Subd. 1:Purpose . In order to protect the City's community image, property values, public health, safety, welfare, and business environment, the City has found it necessary’, in light of the harmful and unwanted secondary effects that certain businesses generate, to restrict where such businesses may locate within the City and to regulate those businesses. Only those businesses with secondary effects on neighboring properties and the City are intended to be regulated. This Section is not intended to restrict or regulate art.