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RESOLUTION NO. 76,y <br /> A Resolution authorizing the adoption <br /> of an Adult Use Business Zoning Ordinance <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the Planning Commission has <br /> reviewed the adult use business zoning issue and recommends the adoption of <br /> regulations to zone adult use businesses; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds that proper notice has been provided <br /> to the citizens of Everett and that public meetings and public hearings have <br /> been held before the Citizens Advisory Committee, the Planning Commission <br /> and the City Council concerning the adoption of zoning to regulate adult <br /> uses within the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds that absent the zoning regulations <br /> for adult use businesses, the City does not having zoning regulations which <br /> regulate adult use business within the City thereby permitting adult use <br /> businesses in the B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1 , C-2, M-M and M-1 zones; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds that based upon the experiences of <br /> other communities as well as the City of Everett that in the absence of any <br /> locational regulations for adult use businesses, that such uses will have an <br /> adverse effect upon the health, safety and welfare of the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds that there are presently a limited <br /> number of adult uses within the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds that in reviewing and adopting the <br /> zoning ordinance to regulate adult use businesses, the City Council is <br /> relying upon the numerous cases and laws including the opinions of the <br /> United States Supreme Court in the Case of Young v. American Mini Theaters, <br /> Renton v. Playtime Theaters, Inc., and of the Supreme Court of the State of <br /> Washington in the cases of Northend Cinema v. Seattle and Bering v. Share; <br /> and <br />