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. API I - INTRCZUCTICN <br /> Several months ago the Rochester City Council expressed concern over the <br /> effect that adult bookstores located along South Broadway were having on other <br /> businesses in their neighborhood and the downtown area in general. This <br /> concern resulted in the Council's direction to staff to study the broader <br /> issue of adult entertainment uses, with emphasis on possible regulatory <br /> techniques to lessen the potential impacts of such businesses. <br /> As indicated in the Glossary, the term "adult " as used in many <br /> zoning ordinances can encompass a broad range of uses. In addition to the <br /> so-called "sex businesses", the term can include pawn shops, bars and <br /> restaurants serving alcoholic beverages and pool halls. Our intention in this <br /> report has been to focus only on sexually oriented businesses. <br /> Preparation of this report commenced with the assembly of studies which had <br /> been prepared by several cities throughout the nation.. Those reports <br /> concentrated on the effects, both social and economic, that adult <br /> entertainment businesses have on surrounding neighborhoods. Research was also <br /> conducted into the legal issues associated with public regulation of such <br /> commercial uses. Federal and state cases reviewing a broad spectrum of <br /> regulatory approaches were examined. <br /> This resulting report will provide a summarization of the studies reviewed and <br /> • an overview of legal issues to establish parameters within which regulations <br /> may be adopted. It is intended to provide direction and information to assist <br /> you in examining this issue on behalf of the City. <br />