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5/11/98 ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 1130-298 ORDINANCE ADDING ARTICLE 27 TO ORDINANCE NO. 1130, THE REDWOOD CITY ZONING ORDINANCE, RELATING TO SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES The Council of Redwood City does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. FINDINGS. This Council hereby finds and detemfines as follows: (a) This Council, in adopting this ordinance, takes legislative notice of the existence and content of the following studies concerning the adverse secondary effects of sexually oriented businesses in other cities: Garden Grove, California (1991); Tucson, Arizona (1990); Seattle, Washington (1989); Austin, Texas (1986); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1986); Indianapolis, Indiana (1984); Houston, Texas (1983); Beaumont, Texas (1982); Minneapolis, Minnesota (1980); Phoenix, Arizona (1979); Whittier, Califomia (1978); Amarillo, Texas (1977); Cleveland, Ohio (1977); Los Angeles, Califomia (1977). This Council finds that these studies are relevant to the problems addressed by the City in enacting this ordinance to regulate the adverse secondary effects of sexually oriented businesses, and more specifically finds that these studies provide convincing evidence that: (1) Sexually oriented businesses are linked to increases in the crime rates in those areas in which they are located and in surrounding areas. (2) Both the proximity of sexually oriented businesses to sensitive land uses and the concentration of sexually oriented businesses tend to result in the blighting and deterioration of the areas in which they are located. (3) The proximity and concentration of sexually oriented businesses adjacent to residential, recreational, religious, educational and other sexually oriented business uses can cause other businesses and residences to move elsewhere· (4) There is substantial evidence that an increase in crime tends to accompany, concentrate around, and be aggravated by sexually oriented businesses, including but not limited to an increase in the crimes of narcotics distribution and use, prostitution, pandering, and violence against persons and property. The studies from other cities establish convincing evidence that sexually oriented businesses which are not regulated as to permissible locations often have a deleterious effect on nearby businesses in residential areas, causing, among other adverse secondary effects, an increase in crime and a decrease in property values. (b) Based on the foregoing, this Council finds and determines that special regulation of sexually oriented businesses is necessary to ensure that their adverse secondary effects will not contribute to an increase in crime rates or to the blighting or deterioration of the areas in