2005/06/15 Council Agenda Packet

Consultants' Final Report - Page 5 O Residents who live near adult businesses, as well as those who live farther away, associate adult businesses with increased crime and other negative impacts on the quality of the neighborhood. O A large proportion of residents who live near adult businesses report personal negative experiences that are attributed to these businesses. O Public support for regulation of adult businesses is overwhelming. While virtually all segments of the community voice support for all regulatory initiatives, home owners and women are the strongest supporters of regulation. Each of these findings is fully supported by every bit of data available to us and by every analysis that we conducted. The crime data and analyses underlying our four major research tasks are described in subsequent sections. Most readers will be more interested in the policy recommendations based on these analyses, however. Based on the four major components of our research, we recommend that: O Lacking any conclusive evidence on the relationship between spatial density and crime, there is no reason to change the current 1000 foot minimum spacing requirement between two adult businesses. O Given the serious public safety hazard, no adult business should operate within 1000 feet of a residence. O Where feasible, the Conditional Use Permit process should be used to ameliorate the public safety hazard. For optimal effectiveness, the Police Department must be fully involved in every aspect of this process. ® Given the interaction effect, no tavern should be allowed to operate within 1000 feet of an adult business and vice versa. ® The evidence clearly supports the current city ordinance in demonstrating the presence of negative secondary effects associated with location and density of adult businesses as required by current federal and state case law. EVER00345