A. Certain uses of real property, variously described as adult bookstores, adult motion picture facilities, figure model studios, adult cabarets, adult motels and massage parlors, have serious objectionable characteristics which, if such uses were allowed to become concentrated in certain areas of the city, may have adverse effects upon the character of such areas and adjacent neighborhoods.

B. Permitting the concentration of adult businesses may tend to create and foster a skid-row atmosphere in neighborhoods and areas within the city.

C. Permitting the concentration of such adult businesses in residential zones, or in zones adjacent to schools, churches, or public recreational areas, or within close proximity of such uses, may expose minors to such facilities and this may adversely affect such minors due to their immaturity.

D. Special regulation of adult business uses is necessary to insure that such uses do not become incompatible land uses and, further, will not contribute to the blighting or downgrading of zones in which they are permitted, therefore adversely affecting property values and deterring or interfering with the development and operation of other businesses within the city.

E. There is a higher incidence of crime, especially crimes against the person, in areas in which adult businesses are permitted to cluster or become concentrated, and that such crimes and the incidence thereof increase in the late evening and night hours, requiring increased effort on the part of the public safety personnel to police such activities, with resultant costs to the city. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)