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Consultants' Final Report - Page 49 <br />or ideal distance between locations that would. ameliorate the public safety hazard. <br />Accordingly, we recommend that <br />• The present spacing code between adult businesses should be maintained. <br />Recognizing the legal and practical difficulties of changing the existing operations, <br />furthermore, we have no recommendations for the existing operations. Although <br />we find no evidence that the public safety hazard can be ameliorated by simple <br />arhitectural barriers (walls, e.g.), the hazard could conceivably be minimized by <br />regulations such as limiting the hours of operation, special lighting, and so forth. <br />Toward this end, we recommend that <br />® Where feasible, the Conditional Use Permit process should be used to <br />ameliorate the public safezv hazard. For optimal effectiveness, the Police <br />Department must be fully involved in every aspect of this process. <br />There is a tendency to view adult entertainment businesses as "moral nuisances" <br />when, in fact, the data show that they are public safety "hot spots." Adopting this <br />view, it may be useful to enact policies designed to ensure the safety of customers <br />and neighbors. The Garden Grove Police Department is ideally suited to advise <br />on the range of policy options that might be implemented_ <br />A final recommendation pertains to public involvement in the process. The <br />results of our household survey reveal strong sentiments favoring any attempt to <br />ameliorate the secondary consequences of this problem. Nevertheless, we detect a <br />EVER00395 <br />