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Appendix B <br />CRAG = I I I <br />ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESSES IN AUSTIN <br />A. LOCATION OF EXISTING BUSINESS <br />95 <br />There were 49 adult-oriented businesses -located within the corporate <br />limits of the Austin as of January 1, 1966. These businesses have <br />been grouped into two major types of businesses: Adult Entertainment <br />Businesses and Adult Service Business. Adult Entertainment Businesses <br />consist of adult bookstores, theaters, and film stores. Adult Service <br />Businesses consist of massage parlors, nude modeling studios, and <br />topless/bottomless bars or clubs. Adult Entertainment Businesses must <br />be carefully regulated due to their constitutionally protected status <br />as an expression of free speech. <br />The classification of these businesses is difficult, particularly in <br />the case of Adult Entertainment Businesses, since manv of these are <br />involved in the selling of printed material as well as ,.jvelty items, <br />and the showing of peep shows. For the purposes of this study, <br />businesses listed as bookstores include a substantial portion of the <br />business involved in the selling of printed material, but may include <br />the distribution of novelty items, showing of peep shows, and other <br />related forms of adult entertainment. Arty business that exhibits <br />adult films on a single screen with 100 seats was classified as an <br />adult theater even through it way offer adult video tapes or films for <br />sale. <br />Table 1 lists the names and locations of the 49 existing Adult <br />Entertainment businesses in Austin. Map 1 depicts the locations of <br />these in the City of Austin. As shown on this map, 21 of the 49 <br />existing businesses are not located within 1000 feet of another adult <br />business. of the remaining 28 businesses, there are eight groups of <br />two businesses, one group of three businesses, one group of four <br />businesses, and one group of five businesses. The locational pattern <br />illustrated on Map 1 indicates a propensity for adult businesses to <br />locate along the major north/south roadways or on major east/west <br />roadways between Lamar Blvd and IH35. <br />EVER00277 <br />