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impact of adult uses, distance requirements of 1980 feet outside of downtown and 990 feet downtown would be appropriate. The proposed requirements fall short of this standard but, as is true with the 11, spacing requirements discussed in #3 above, are necessary to provide enough land and sites for potential future adult uses. 5. Distance From Adult Uses to "Protected Uses" EXPLANATION: The substitute amendment designates the following uses as "protected uses": residential uses; day care centers; houses of-worship; public libraries; schools; public parks/parkways; public recreation centers and facilities; fire stations; community residential facilities; missions; hotels/motels. The required distance between adult uses and protected uses in the substitute amendment is as follows: Outside of Downtown (B-3, I-1, 1-2) : 400 feet. Downtown (B-4, B-5): 200 feet. This contrasts with the following situation involving protected uses in the current Zoning Code: Outside of Downtown (8-3, I-1, 1-2) : no protected uses. Downtown (8-4, B-5)": 100 feet (applies only to residential uses) . 1111 RATIONALE: It is somewhat unusual for a Zoning Code to provide protection from adult entertainment to uses found outside of residential zones or small, neighborhood business zones. Nevertheless, the proposed protected uses are justified because all can occur outside of residential zones and because all involve populations which are particularly vulnerable to the negative impact of adult entertainment. The proposed protected uses are residential in character (including hotels/motels which often have permanent residents as well as transient residents) , or involve children (including fire stations which in Saint Paul are used for bicycle registration as well as school field trips) , or serve a rehabilitative function for problem populations. Furthermore, hotels and motels should be separated from adult uses because they can easily become centers of prostitution. The evidence mentioned in #3 above would justify larger distance requirements between adult uses and protected uses. However, smaller distance requirements are proposed to provide enough land and sites for potential future adult uses. 6. Limit to One Type of Adult Use Per Building EXPLANATION: The substitute amendment defines nine different types of adult uses--adult bookstores, cabarets, conversation/rap parlors, health/sport clubs, massage parlors, mini-motion picture theatres, motion picture theatres, steamroom/bathhouse facilities, and "other 5