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(1) Some dancers, models and entertainers, and other persons who publicly perform <br /> specified sexual activities or publicly display specified anatomical parts in sexually <br /> oriented businesses (collectively referred to as 'Performers') have been found to <br /> engage in sexual activities with patrons of sexually oriented businesses on the site of <br /> the sexually oriented business; <br /> <br /> (2) Performers employed by sexually oriented businesses have been found to offer and <br /> provide private shows to patrons who, for a price, are permitted to observe and <br /> participate with the performers in live sex shows; <br /> <br /> (3) Perfomxers at sexually oriented businesses have been found to engage in acts of <br /> prostitution with patrons of the establishment; <br /> <br /> (4) Fully enclosed booths, individual viewing areas, and other small rooms the interiors <br /> of which cannot be seen from public areas of the establishment regularly have been <br /> found to be used as a location for engaging in unlawful sexual activity; <br /> <br /> (5) In consideration of the foregoing findings, and the increase in the incidence of Adult <br /> Immuno Deficiency Syndrome ("AIDS") and Hepatitis B, which are both sexually <br /> transmitted diseases, the City has a substantial interest in adopting regulations which <br /> will reduce, to the greatest extent possible, prostitution and casual sex acts at <br /> sexually oriented businesses. <br /> <br />(g) Zoning, licensing, and other police power regulations are legitimate, reasonable means of <br /> protecting the quality of life in the City of Redwood City and assuring that operators of <br /> sexually oriented businesses comply with reasonable regulations, and that sexually oriented <br /> businesses shall be located in places that minimize the adverse secondary effects of such <br /> businesses. <br /> <br />(h) This Council hereby recognizes the possible harmful effects on children and minors <br /> exposed to the effects of such sexually oriented businesses and the need and desire of <br /> children and minors to avoid such businesses; and this Council desires to control and <br /> minimize the adverse secondary effects associated with the operation of sexually oriented <br /> businesses and thereby protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of <br /> Redwood City; protect the citizens from increased crime; preserve the quality of life; <br /> preserve property values and the character of surrounding neighborhoods and businesses; <br /> deter the spread of urban blight and protect against the threat to health from the spread of <br /> communicable and sexually transmitted diseases. <br /> <br />(i) It is not the intent of this Council in enacting this ordinance, or any provision thereof, to <br /> condone or legitimize the distribution of obscene material, and this Council recognizes that <br /> state law prohibits the distribution of such material and expects and encourages law <br /> enforcement officials to enforce state obscenity statutes against such illegal activities in the <br /> City of Redwood City. <br /> <br /> 3 1130.298 <br /> <br /> <br />