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• 432 <br /> { I It October 12,1286 <br /> 11IPf I` ggAs, the cituses nc11 Croda that there are '°°°°°"-p <br /> S Setup <br /> I11( � limi[edwnumbe[of adult ouwltFin tM1e City;and <br /> Y' Il WHEREAS, the City Council finds that n reviewing and <br /> �. adopting the zoning ordinance to regulate adult u businesses,the <br /> ri,. City Council relying upon the numerousand lava including <br /> the epinront ofn a United S supreme Court sr theCaseof vol g. <br /> 4)y 1 f American minitxheatersn Playtime Theaters.Inc.,eand of <br /> I the Supreme Court of theState v of Washington cin the cases of <br /> {f I Wdrthend Cinema v.Seattle and Bering v.Share;and <br /> �t '{�. WHEREAS, thecity Council finds that the Citizens Advisory <br /> P,! <br /> �I Committee has studied the venue of adult use business nzoning, has <br /> S ' reviewed the findings made by other municipalities concerning the <br /> 11 �j regulation of e adult use business through zoning and has heard <br /> 4 testimony concerning the operations of adult u businesses and the <br /> adverse secondary effects paf theseslnesses from members of the <br /> II: general citizenry,the lav enforcement community and from the adult <br /> (4 e business industry;and <br /> I us WHEREAS the United States Supreme Court in the case of City <br /> y of Renton v. Playtime Theaters Inc. determined that the City E <br /> ",1I'14, tett could rely o the experiences of ether jurisdictions in <br /> f <br /> establishing t. justification for regulating adult use businesses <br /> 1, through zoning;and <br /> ICI I , o WHEREAS, the City o Council, in reviewing the Adult Use <br /> I'' Committee Report to City Council,dated Jule 3, 1906,the record of <br /> I the city of Everett Planning Commission, he experience of other <br /> unities,local experience,and public testimony taken before the <br /> V+ Citizens Advisory Committee, Planning,,Commission d the Everett <br /> City Council adopts the following finings which Sk believes e <br /> Y {' �, true and nae ably applicable s o he City of eve e <br /> 4 i{,, Ij lli. consideration and adoption of adult use business zoning regulations: <br /> 1�t i 1 tt u. khat the presence of adult u e buslneaeee in[eaee the risk <br /> leu I{J ko the public health,safety,and welfare of she community. <br /> [9 11 2. That adult use businesses Jeopardise the character and <br /> �4 quality of reefdentlal life incommunities <br /> City and threaten children <br /> • <br /> F iving in residential with offensive, <br /> dehumanising and demoralising influences. <br /> [Irl i <br /> Y[ That the City hes a great interest in preserving the <br /> . 14 I 0 character and quality of its residential neighborhoods and <br /> urban life and in protecting its youth from offensive, <br /> { f''''' <br /> ppiyy I,I.�II i dehumanising and demoralizing Influences. <br /> :4' <br /> IRI V 4. That the image of the City as a pleasant and attractive dace <br /> kkpi reside x111 be adversely effected by the presence of adult <br /> ({.r use businesses in close proximitto reeidektlal land uses, <br /> churches,packs,playgrounds and schools due o the recon ary <br /> yeffects of adult uslneseee. <br /> 7 tl 5. That unlike adults,Children's moral values,goals,standards <br /> of human conduct, value for human life, se' identification <br /> } and sex les are learned from the er her environment, and <br /> { <br /> 1`E` from the models t which they are exposed. The neighborhood <br /> (• in which a child lives is a part E that environment and <br /> tllrl'if� :,.. <br />