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often exclude adult uses from areas in proximity to residentia] districts while also limiting <br />their concentration where they are permitted. Concentration models are guided by regulations <br />developed for Boston, Massachusetts; dispersion models follow the Detroit, Michigan <br />ordinance; The Detroit dispersal model :las been used more often than the Boston concentra- <br />tion model to control the location of adult entertainment establishments. <br />CONCENTRATION MODELS <br />Boston, Massachusetts <br />Boston established a two -block "adult entertainment district" in a downtown area known <br />as the "combat zone," where approximately ninety percent.of adult uses in the city were <br />concentrated. The purpose of the district was to prevent the spread of adult uses to other <br />areas of the city. Under the Boston zoning code, an adult entertainment district may be <br />established as an overlay district superimposed upon existing zoning districts. <br />The overlay district allows adult entertainments and bookstores that are characterized <br />as such because they "exclude minors by reason of age." According to information <br />provided by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, adult use operators will prohibit <br />attendance by minors in order to avoid violating the Massachusetts obscenity law. The <br />overlay district allows the use of moving or flashing lights prohibited elsewhere in the <br />city, and generally has fewer restrictive sign regulations compared with other Boston <br />districts. Outside the overlay district, preexisting adult establishments may continue <br />unless they have been abandoned for at least two years. <br />Seattle, Washington, and Camden, New Jersey <br />Seattle and Camden have developed zoning regulations generally following the Boston <br />model of concentrating adult uses in one or more specified areas of the city. Seattle <br />allows adult motion picture theaters in only three business and commercial districts. <br />Non -conforming adult theaters must be discontinued. Camden has set aside a single <br />area of the city where adult uses are permitted. Camden believes such a strategy will <br />facilitate the city's ability to police adult establishments. <br />I <br />V <br />EVER00110 <br />