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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 509 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE PLACING A MORATORIUM ON THE SITING OF ADULT <br />USES-PRINCIPAL AS DEFINED HEREIN WITHIN ANY ZONING DISTRICT <br />OF THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> <br />The city Council of the City of Mounds View does <br />herebY ordain: <br /> <br />(Added portions are underscored and deleted portions are shown in <br />brackets.) <br /> <br />Section 1. PREAMBLE <br /> <br />WHEREAS. the city Council has reviewed and considered the <br />summary of the "report of the Attorney General's Workinq Group on <br />Requlation of Sexually Oriented Businesses". dated June 6, 1989, <br />prepared by Hubert H. Humphrey. III. Attorney General of the State <br />of Minnesota/Olmstead County Planninq Department "Adult <br />Entertainment Report" dated March 2. 1988. and "A 40-Acre Study" <br />prepared bY the st. Paul Division of Planninq in 1987. all of which <br />reports are hereafter collectivelY referred to as "Reports": and <br /> <br />WHEREAS. the Reports considered evidence from studies <br />conducted in Minneapolis and st. Paul and in other cities <br />throuqhout the country relatinq to sexuallv oriented businesses: <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS. the Attorney General's Report. based upon the above <br />referenced studies and the testimony presented to it has concluded <br />"that sexually oriented businesses are associated with hiqh crime <br />rates and depression of property values." In addi tion. the <br />Attorney General's Workinq Group"...heard testimony that the <br />character of a nei9hborhood can dramaticallY chanqe when there is <br />a concentration of sexuallY oriented businesses adiacent to <br />residential property.": and <br /> <br />WHEREAS. the Reports conclude that Adult Uses-princi~al have <br />an impact on the neiqhborhoods surrounding them which is distinct <br />from the impact caused by other commercial uses: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS. the Reports conclude that residential neiqhborhoods <br />located within close proximity to adult theaters. bookstores and <br />other Adult Uses-Principal experience increase crime rates (sex- <br /> <br />1 <br />