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' ~' 5/11/98 <br /> ORIGINAL <br /> <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2141 <br /> <br /> ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 18B TO THE CODE OF THE CITY <br /> OF REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO SEXUALLY ORIENTED <br /> BUSINESSES <br /> <br /> The Council of Redwood City does ordain as follows: <br /> <br /> SECTION 1. FINDINGS. This Council hereby finds and determines as follows: <br /> <br /> (a) This Council, in adopting this ordinance, takes legislative notice of the existence and content <br /> of the following studies concerning the adverse secondary effects of sexually oriented <br /> businesses in other cities: Garden Grove, California (1991); Tucson, Arizona (1990); Seattle, <br /> Washington (1989); Austin, Texas (1986); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1986); Indianapolis, <br /> Indiana (1984); Houston, Texas (1983); Beaumont, Texas (1982); Minneapolis, Minnesota <br /> (1980); Phoenix, Arizona (1979); Whittier, California (1978); Amarillo, Texas (1977); <br /> Cleveland, Ohio (1977); Los Angeles, California (1977). This Council finds that these <br /> studies are relevant to the problems addressed by the City in enacting this ordinance to <br /> regulate the adverse secondary effects of sexually oriented businesses, and more specifically <br /> finds that these studies provide convincing evidence that: <br /> <br /> (1) Sexually oriented businesses are linked to increases in the crime rates in those areas <br /> in which they are located and in surrounding areas. <br /> <br /> (2) Both the proximity of sexually oriented businesses to sensitive land uses and the <br /> concentration of sexually oriented businesses tend to result in the blighting and <br /> deterioration of the areas in which they are located. <br /> <br /> (3) The proximity and concentration of sexually oriented businesses adjacent to <br /> residential, recreational, religious, educational and other sexually oriented business <br /> uses can cause other businesses and residences to move elsewhere. <br /> <br /> (4) There is substantial evidence that an increase in crime tends to accompany, <br /> concentrate around, and be aggravated by sexually oriented businesses, including <br /> but not limited to an increase in the crimes of narcotics distribution and use, <br /> prostitution, pandering, and violence against persons and property. The studies from <br /> other cities establish convincing evidence that sexually oriented businesses which <br /> are not regulated as to permissible locations often have a deleterious effect on <br /> nearby businesses in residential areas, causing, among other adverse secondary <br /> effects, an increase in crime and a decrease in property values. <br /> <br />(b) Based on the foregoing, this Council finds and determines that special regulation of <br /> sexually oriented businesses is necessary to ensure that their adverse secondary effects will <br /> <br />AdOrd-1 1 <br />flsWsh/RCllComDev 2141 <br />04/22/98 <br />DES:rg <br /> <br /> <br />