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INA Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. <br />CU R B A N PL. A N N I N G • D E S I G N • M A R K E T R E S E A R C H <br />30 May 1990 <br />Mr. Joel Hanson <br />City Administrative Offices <br />515 Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br />RE: Little Canada - Zoning Ordinances - Adult Entertainment <br />FILE NO: 758.09 <br />Dear Mr. Hanson: <br />As you have possibly heard through the Metro news media, the City <br />of Ramsey has recently experienced the unanticipated opening of <br />an adult bookstore within a neighborhood retail area. Being <br />treated as an automatically allowable retail use, this adult <br />facility was unrestricted to locate within 100 feet of a day care <br />operation, 300 feet of a church, and 400 feet of a single family <br />residential neighborhood. Not surprisingly, this situation has <br />created controversy in the City and some concern as to why such <br />activities have gone unregulated. <br />Certainly to be recognized are the constitutionally protected <br />free speech rights of adult entertainment. Simultaneously, the <br />right to regulate the secondary effects of adult facilities has <br />been determined acceptable. Separation of adult facilities by <br />distance from one another as well as from uses possibly <br />negatively affected can be legitimately accomplished through <br />zoning. To be effective, however, this must occur prior to the <br />location of adult facilities as contrasted to the Ramsey case <br />where the business located, and now the City is looking to act. <br />As a result, little can be done about the existing new operation <br />in Ramsey. <br />fir <br />Ct(*, <br />M tkv 31 79E3 <br />Gi Y OF I <br />LITTLE CANADA <br />Page 39 <br />4601 Excelsior Blvd. • Suite 410 • Minneapolis, MN 55416 • (612) 925-9420 • Fax 925-2721 <br />