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• • 433 • October 22,1989 either contributes positively or negatively to a child's of...it,.itorae well-being and o growth amature, disciplined and y,and social order, being. Sustained a o children to adult use businesses can Shave seriousadverse effects on their development as mature, disciplined and social members of the community. 6. That the location of adult u e businesses in area. of the City which are in close proximity to schools, and commercial detrimentalnlfec[y atuden[e and young educl�, will have a community is providingofor its getudente£ e Son which [he 7. That the location of adult use bueinesaee in close proximity to residential uses, churches, arks and other public schools,and hools,mthe exposure of these • naftive uses to disproportionately tohigh levels of Criminal • ctivities,includin9roatitutlon,rape, incest and a eau tis which occur in the vicinity of the adult use businesses • S. That experience in meroua Other cities, including Seattle, Tacoma and Detroit,Michigan,has shown that the location of adult use businesses degrade the quality of the area of the City 1n which they are located and cause a blighting effect upon the City, and will have a eignlficantly large[ affect upon the Citof Everett than other major cities due to the relatively small viae of Everett in relation to these other cities. 9. That the location of adult use businesses within walking distance of churches and other religious facilities will have • an adverse effect upon the ministry of such churches and will • discourage attendance at such churches because o£ the proximity o£adult use businesses. 10. Facilities operated by rel igloos organisations generally1I provide for the congregation of large numbers of young P.P. under the age of eighteen(18)who re articularly sen itive to the adverse secondary impacts o£adult gee businesses. • 11. That the location of several adult use bueinesaee in the eame neighborhood tends toattract an undesirable quantity l and quality of transients, adversely affects property vue increase in crime, especially and prostitution, ) encourages residents and other businesses o move elsewhere, 12. That adult use businesses,because of their very are II cognised as having serious objectionableoperational • characterietics, particularly when several of them are concentrated thereby having a deleterious effect upon the adjacent Special regulation of these is - areas. • ary to insure that these adverse effects will not contribute[o the blighting or downgrading of the surrounding • neighborhood. 13. That in order to avoid the adverse eecondary effects of concentration of adult use businesses, such uses should be separated from other adult uses. i