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Islip's study stated that persons who protested the establishment of the book store feared <br />retaliation: the potential for violence or other illegal behavior is clearlyP ossible.i6 <br />The individual site analyses identified similar impacts found in the case study. Some <br />establishments were located close to residential areas, causing uncharacteristic parking <br />impacts, night-time activity, noise and dust. Other establishments located in declining <br />downtown areas created dead zones or discouraged shoppers from walking in edestrian- <br />oriented commercial areas. P <br />Los Angeles, California <br />In 1977, the Los Angeles City Planning Department completed a study of adult uses for the <br />Planning Committee of the City Council.' The study was intended to determine whether a <br />concentration of adult establishments has a blighting or degrading effect on nearby properties <br />and/or neighborhoods. The study provided a basis for zoning .g <br />following o rebulations adopted the <br />ME,, year that prohibited adult entertainment businesses within 1,000 feet of another <br />such business or within 500 feet of any religious institution, school or public park. More <br />restrictive provisions were added subsequently. <br />Police Department statistics indicated a greater proportion of certain crimes in Hollywood <br />(where the largest concentration of adult establishments is found in the city) compared with <br />the city as a whole. <br />Other impacts could be traced to public perceptions. The study examined public testimony <br />and found that many people, particularly the elderly, were afraid to walk the streets in <br />Hollywood. Others had expressed concern that children were being exposed to sexually <br />explicit materials and unsavory persons. Some businesses were no longer remaining open in <br />the evenings and others had left the area allegedly directly or indirectly because ofthe <br />establishment of adult businesses. Some churches in Hollywood were driving the elderly to <br />services and others were providing private guards in their parking lots. <br />A survev of real estate professionals indicated that the concentration of adult establishments <br />had an adverse economic effect on the value of commercial and residential property. Business <br />e Ibid. p.1 Z <br />"Stud'v of the Effects of the Concentration of Adult Entertainment Establishments in the City of Los Angeles," <br />Los Angeles City Planning Department, June, 1977. <br />4 E VER00103 <br />