RES 1990-108 - 00004069281
IUMOLMMM W. 108-1990
NDRATORIUK ON E SITIM OF SEXUALLY • 1ENT711 BUSINESSES
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WHEREAS, the City Council has received copies of the "Report of the Attorney
General Is Working Group on Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses," dated
June 6, 1989, prepared in conjunction with Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney
General, State of Minnesota and the reports of the cities of Indianapolis,
Indiana, dated 1984; Phoenix, Arizona, dated 1979; St. Paul, Minnesota, dated
1987; all of which reports are hereafter collectively referred to as "Reports ";
and
WHEREAS, the Reports considered evidence from studies conducted in Minneapolis
and St. Paul and in other cities throughout the country relating to Sexually
Oriented Businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Attorney General Is Report, based upon the above referenced studies
and the testimony presented to it has concluded "that sexually oriented
businesses are associated with high crime rates and depression of property
values. 11 In addition, the Attorney General lIs Working Group 11. . . heard
testimony that the character of a neighborhood can dramatically change when
there is a concentration of sexually oriented businesses adjacent to residential
property. 11; and
' WHEREAS, the Reports conclude that Sexually Oriented Businesses have an impact
on the neighborhoods surrounding them which is distinct from the impact caused
by other ccnTercial uses; and
WHEREAS, the Reports conclude that residential neighborhoods located within
close proximity to adult theatres, bookstores and other Sexually Oriented
Businesses experience increased crime rates (sex - related crimes in particular),
lowered property values, increased transiency, and decreased stability of
ownership; and
WHEREAS, the Reports conclude the adverse impacts which Sexually Oriented
Businesses have on surrounding areas diminish as the distance from the Sexually
Oriented Businesses increases; and
WHEREAS, the Reports conclude that studies of other cities have shown that among
the crimes which tend to increase either within or in the near vicinity of
Sexually Oriented Businesses are rapes, prostitution, child molestation,
indecent exposure, and other lewd and lascivious behavior; and
WHEREAS, the Reports conclude that the City of Phoenix, Arizona study confirmed
that the sex crime rate was on the average 500 percent higher in areas with
Sexually Oriented Businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Reports conclude that many members
within which Sexually Oriented Businesses
of the public
are located as less
perceive
safe than
areas
other
areas which do not have such uses; and
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WHEREAS, the Reports conclude that studies of otter cities have shown that the
values of both =mnercial and residential properties either are diminished or
fail to appreciate at the rate of other couparable properties when located in
proximity to Sexually Oriented Businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Reports conclude that the Indianapolis, Indiana study established
that professional real estate appraisers believe that an adult bookstore would
have a negative effect on the value of both residential and commercial
properties within a one to three block area of the store; and
WHEREAS, the Fridley City Council finds the suburban characteristics of Fridley
are similar to those of the larger cities cited by the Reports when considering
the effects of Sexually oriented Businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Fridley City Council finds, based upon the Reports and the studies
cited therein, that Sexually Oriented Businesses will have secondary effects
upon certain pre - existing land uses within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Fridley City Council finds that proper planning for the siting of
Sexually oriented Businesses within the City is necessary in order to protect
the City's planing process and the health, safety and welfare of the citizens;
and
WHEREAS, the Fridley City Council finds that an interim ordinance placing a
' moratorium on the locating of Sexually oriented Businesses within certain
specified distances from churches, residential zone district boundaries,
schools, and youth facilities is necessary in order to permit the planning
process to take place; and
WHEREAS, the Fridley City Council has received reliable information that causes
it to conclude that one or more Sexually Oriented Businesses may locate in the
City before the City Council completes its study and adopts a permanent
ordinance regulating the location and operation of said businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fridley, for
the reasons stated above, finds that it is in the interest of the health, safety
and welfare of its citizens to adopt an emergency ordinance entitled AN
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE PLACING A MORATORIUM ON THE SITING OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED
BUSINESSES PROHIBITING THEIR LOCATION WITHIN CERTAIN SPECIFIED DISTANCES FROM
RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SCHOOLS, cHuRcHES, PARKS, AND PLAYGROUNDS.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 17TH DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1990.
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