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2. Concentrations of these adult -only activities have detrimental <br />effects upon surrounding residential and commercial activities. <br />These effects are caused by (a) the noise, lighting and traffic <br />generated by the pedestrian and vehicular traffic frequenting these <br />businesses whose primary hours of operation are from late evening <br />to late night, (b) the increased opportunity for "street crimes" i.n <br />areas with high pedestrian traffic, and (c) the tendency to avoid <br />areas where adult businesses (especially pornographic) are established. <br />This avoidance and other factors can lead to the deterioration of <br />surrounding commercial and residential activities. <br />Other cities have noted these effects of adult -only businesses and have attempted <br />remedies to the problem. Boston, Massachusetts, has concentrated all adult uses into <br />a single area of the City. Detroit, Michigan, has dispersed adult uses throughout <br />the city to sites that meet certain minimum land use requirements. Both of these <br />cities have adopted zoning ordinances that restrict location choices of adult book <br />stores, theaters, cabarets, etc. Their ordinances are limited to those activities <br />that definitely do not fall under penal code control. The City of Los Angeles study <br />on adult entertainment includes a consideration for the zoning control of other <br />adult oriented activities including massage parlors, nude modeling studios, adult <br />motels, arcades, etc. Los Angeles has disregarded the question of legitimacy and <br />has suggested zoning those adult businesses as recognized existing land uses. <br />Detroit has implemented an ordinance which requires that adult entertainment <br />businesses not be located within 500 feet of residentially zoned areas, or within <br />1000 feet of another regulated use. In Amarillo,adult uses are currently allowed <br />in general retail and all less restrictive zoning districts. If Amarillo adopted <br />an ordinance with space requirements between regulated uses and residential zones <br />similar to that of Detroit, the number of potential sites for adult businesses <br />would be severely limited. This method,limiting severely the potential site choices <br />of adult businesses, would probably not be upheld by the Courts. The limitation <br />of site choices would be caused by the narrow corinercial strip developments less <br />than 500 feet wide along most of Amarillo's major throughfares. Also, this approach <br />would probably tend to concentrate adult activities into the central business <br />district and a few industrial areas. <br />-15- <br />EVER00335 <br />