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Consultants' Final Report - Page 48 <br />businesses. This experience leads to strong public support for regulation. Nine of <br />ten respondents endorse regulations that prohibit adult businesses from operating <br />near residential neighborhoods; nearly two-thirds endorse regulations that prohibit <br />the geographical concentration of adult businesses. <br />Although these two surveys may represent subjective opinion, their results <br />are consistent with objective analyses of crime data. Comparing temporal crime <br />rates before and after changes in the operation of adult businesses, we find strong <br />evidence of a public safety hazard_ The subjective impressions of Garden Grove <br />residents and real estate professionals have an empirical basis, in other word. <br />Given the seriousness nature of this public safety hazard, we recommend that <br />® No new adult businesses should be allowed to operate within 1000 feet of <br />a residence. <br />We find a significant interaction effect between the adult businesses and taverns or <br />bars. When an adult business opens within 1000 feet of a tavern or bar, crime <br />rates rise by a factor that cannot be attributed to either business alone. <br />Accordingly, we recommend that <br />41 No new tavern or bar should be allowed to operate within 1000 feet of an <br />adult business and vice versa. <br />Since the adult businesses on Garden Grove Boulevard (or more precisely, their <br />locations) were in operation prior to the advent of our data, we find no optimum <br />EVER00394 <br />