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12/13/94 15:44 FAX 612 861 9749 CITY-RICHFIELD y-.-► CITY ATTY la 001 Ps 1r Fax Nobe 7671 Oe 11 esu i°41E 1iTssoii FVun . Ui,1LLAC • Ploee/ • ` Phalleo .L i J Fixs Faranthlin DATE: October 25, 1994 TO: Planning Commissioners • FROM: Byron Wallace SUBJECT: Adult Uses Study—Fust Draft Introduction: The City of Richfield has regulated adult uses through a licensing procedure • under section 605 of the City Code (Appendlx A). The Zoning Ordinance does not specifically relate to adult uses. The licensing provisions responded to the -massage parlor issues of a decade ago. • n recent years, other es of adult uses have appeared in other cities or i typ inquiries received about uses which may not be covered by either the licensing provisions or the Zoning Ordinance. The City of Bloomington has recently completed a study on the regulation of adult uses and the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Hopkins has been challenged as unduly restrictive by an adult use video store. As a result,the City Council on October 25, 1993 approved a one year moratorium on the development of adult uses within the City and extended such moratorium oh September 12, 1994 for an additional one year to provide adequate time to address the land use and zoning issues. During this time, std has researched and accumulated materials and studies relating to the subject. The Planning Commission•has had the materials available as well as heard from staff and the City Attorney's office on the topic. The Planning Commission is ' also at work on a comprehensive review and revision of the enure Zoning Ordinance. Background: • Zoning has long been recognized as a valid method to regulate land use in des. See Vltace of Euclid v.ambler Realty Co.,.272 U.S. 365 (1926). In reality, there is an exclusion or segregation of uses inherent in any such zoning ordinance.