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Community Responses <br />Twenty-eight local organizations, including the community district offices, within the six <br />study areas were contacted and 23 responded to DCP's survey; not all responded to each <br />question asked. <br />A majority (14 of 22) informed the surveyor that over the last year they had received <br />comments about adult entertainment establishments located in their communities. Five said <br />that these comments represented about half of all comments made about commercial uses; <br />four informed DCP that they made up an even greater (a high) proportion of such comments. <br />The comments, primarily from residents, mentioned graphic signage, potential proliferation <br />of uses, proximity to residential neighborhoods, negative influence on children and teenagers <br />and the nature of the adult use itself. <br />More than 80 percent of those surveyed (19 of 23) responded that adult entertainment <br />establishments negatively impact the community in some way. Two-thirds (12 of 18) stated <br />that the impacts from adult uses are different from those of similar establishments not <br />characterized as adult; however, bars and discos were often said to create problems whether <br />they have an adult use character or not. Approximately 20 percent of those responding (4 of <br />19) indicated that the impacts are the same for all types of adult uses studied. <br />Nearly 40 percent (9 of 23) of those responding stated that they have dealt with the owner <br />or manager of an adult business about a community concern. Only two reported that the issue <br />was resolved. <br />Business Responses <br />Ninety-seven businesses located within the survey and control blockfronts were contacted and <br />asked to respond to DCP's business survey, and 70 agreed; not all responded to each question <br />asked. <br />Approximately 20 percent (13 of 60) of those responding stated that they have received <br />comments about adult uses in their area. For example, some said they were aware that <br />residents, clients, etc., perceived that the adult use was inappropriate for the neighborhood, <br />or that a proliferation would be bad for the community. <br />Thirty-three percent (17 of 52) responded "not known" to a question about how nearby adult <br />uses impact their business. However, seventeen percent (9 of 52) responding to the question <br />think that nearby adult uses do impact their business. Nine (of 40 responding) believe the <br />impacts are the same for all types of adult uses, i.e., adult bars, triple -X video stores, and <br />52 EVER00150 <br />