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• Where respondents indicated that their businesses or neighborhoods had not <br />yet been adversely affected by adult uses, this typically occurred in study <br />areas with isolated adult uses. Moreover, these same respondents typically <br />stated that an increase in such uses would negatively impact them. <br />Community residents fear the consequences of potential proliferation and <br />concentration of adult uses in traditionally neighborhood -oriented shopping <br />areas and view the appearance of one or more of these uses as a deteriora- <br />tion in the quality of urban life. <br />• Most real estate brokers report that adult entertainment establishments are <br />perceived to negatively affect nearby property values and decrease market <br />values. Eightypercent of the brokers responding to the DCP survey indicated <br />that an adult use would have a negative impact on nearby property values. <br />This is consistent with the responses from a similar national survey of real <br />estate appraisers. <br />• Adult use accessory business signs are generally larger, more often <br />illuminated, and graphic (sexually -oriented) compared with the signs of <br />other nearby commercial uses. Community residents view this signage as out <br />of keeping with neighborhood character and are concerned about the <br />exposure of minors to sexual images. <br />Based on these findings, DCP believes it is appropriate to regulate adult;:entertaiament estab- <br />lishments differently from other commercial establishments. The experience of other jurisdic- <br />tions, the city's historic experience in Times Square, studies performed by the TSBID and <br />the Chelsea Business Survey, and DCP's own survey establish the negative effects of adult <br />entertainment uses. Consideration of the specific nature and extent of regulations that would <br />be appropriate for adult entertainment establishments in New York City was not within the <br />scope of this Study. However, in light of the negative impacts of adult uses in concentration, <br />the following regulatory techniques, which have been used in other jurisdictions, merit <br />consideration in developing adult use regulations: restrictions on the location of adult uses <br />in proximity to residential areas, to houses of worship, to schools and to each other. <br />EVER00166 <br />IT., <br />