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. ► <br /> WHEREAS,the control and regulation of adult businesses require intensive police and public <br /> health efforts by the City and its contractors and consultants, and that the concentrated use of such <br /> services detracts from and reduces the level of services available to the rest of the community and <br /> thereby diminishes the ability of the City to promote the general health, safety, and welfare of the <br /> community; and <br /> WHEREAS, adult businesses are not appropriate in or near locations or areas designed to attract <br /> children, such as day care centers,pazks, schools,recreation areas, libraries, and churches; and <br /> WHEREAS, studies of other cities have shown that the values of both commercial and residential <br /> properties either are diminished or fail to appreciate at the rate of other comparable properties when <br /> located in proximity to adult businesses; and <br /> WHEREAS,the adverse impacts of adult uses are exacerbated when the uses are located near each <br /> other; and <br /> WHEREAS,the presence of liquor establishments in the immediate vicinity of adult uses also <br /> compounds the adverse impacts on the neighborhood; and <br /> WHEREAS, adult businesses can increase the risk of exposure to communicable diseases, <br /> including but not limited to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), for which there is currently <br /> no cure; and • <br /> WHEREAS,the risk of public health and safety problems can be significantly reduced by careful <br /> regulation of adult businesses. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORONO, MINNESOTA HEREB <br /> Section 1 -That City Code Chapter 10, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 62, which shall <br /> read as follows: <br /> SEC. 10.62. SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES. <br /> Subd. l: Purpose. <br /> In order to protect the City's community image, property values,public health, safety, welfare, and <br /> business environment,the City has found it necessary, in light of the harmful and unwanted secondary <br /> effects that certain businesses generate, to restrict where such businesses may locate within the City <br /> and to regulate those businesses. Only those businesses with secondary effects on neighboring <br /> properties and the City are intended to be regulated. This Section is not intended to restrict or <br /> regulate art. <br /> Page 2 of 10 <br />