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Appendix B <br />CHAPTER I I <br />SUnIARY OF EXISTING RESEARCH <br />This chapter presents a brief overview of existing research and <br />regulations written to address adult oriented businesses in various <br />parts of the country. An understanding of the effects of adult <br />oriented businesses on surrounding properties and the legal basis for <br />regulations controling such businesses is critical in developing an <br />ordinance for Austin. <br />A. ANALYSIS OF EXISTING RESEARCH <br />Amarillo, Texas <br />The City of Amarillo's study, A Report on 7.oning and Other Methods of <br />Regulating Adult Entertainment Uses in Amari o, concluded that adult <br />entertainment uses are distinguishable from other businesses in that <br />they have negative impacts on surrounding land uses. The study <br />established a relationship between high crime rates and proximity to <br />adult businesses. Furthermore, the study found that the late operating <br />hours of most adult businesses created special problems to surrounding <br />neighborhoods in the form of noise, glare, and traffic. <br />Beaumont, Texas <br />A planning department study done for the <br />in Beaumont, Texas investigated the <br />economic decline and crime. The <br />concentration of adult businesses drove <br />stores and contributed to an increase in <br />drug use, d muggings. <br />Charlton --Pollard Neighborhood <br />effect of adult businesses on <br />study concluded that the <br />away neighborhood commercial <br />an <br />Indianapolis, Indiana <br />crimes such as prostitution, <br />In February, 1984, the Division of Planning in Indianapolis published <br />a report titled Adult Entertainmenf Businesses in Indianapolis: An <br />Analysis. This report contained the res is of an evaluation of the <br />impact of adult business upon surrounding areas in terms of crime <br />rates and real estate values. The study assessed the impact of adult <br />entertainment businesses on crime rates by researching six areas <br />containing adult businesses and six similar areas containing no adult <br />businesses. A ccaparison of these areas revealed that sex-related <br />crime rates were 77 percent higher in areas containing adult <br />businesses. <br />EVE,R0027 <br />A <br />