2005/06/15 Council Agenda Packet

Consultants' Final Report - Page 4 O Crime rises whenever an adult business opens or expands its operation and the change is statistically significant. The rise is found in the most serious crimes, especially assault, robbery, burglary, and theft. The rise in "victimless" crimes (drug and alcohol use, sex offenses, etc.) is also significant, though less consistent and interpretable. Given the nature and magnitude of the effects, the adult businesses on Garden Grove Boulevard constitute a serious public safety hazard. O Except for expansions, the adult businesses were in operation at their present locations on Garden Grove Boulevard prior to 1981. There has been so little variation in spatial density since then that the relationship between density and crime cannot be determined. O Architectural devices designed to ameliorate the nuisance of these businesses have no significant impact on crime. O When an adult business opens within 1000 feet of a tavern (or vice versa) the impact of the adult business on crime is aggravated substantially and significantly. During this same period of time, two questionnaire instruments were developed and administered. In January and February, 1991, a sample of real estate professionals was surveyed. Over nine hundred questionnaires were distributed with a response rate of fifteen percent. The results of this survey show that - 41 Real estate professionals overwhelming agree that close proximity of adult businesses are associated with decreased property values for commercial, single-family residential and multiple -family residential prop e rty. O Real estate professionals associate the close proximity of adult business with increased crime and other negative impacts on the quality of the neighborhood. During the spring and summer, 1991, a random sample of households living near the adult businesses was surveyed. The results of this survey show that: EVER00344