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and under the present circumstances becomes <br /> though its sale to minors is prohibited. available to minors <br /> i even <br /> IP <br /> vTestimon <br /> The Working Group heard testi <br /> businesses has serious impacts testimony that a concentration of sexuallyor' <br /> P cts upon the surrounding neighborhood. The <br /> 'rk ng <br /> to Group heard that pornographic materialse <br /> the police that he had found 50 pieces are left in adjacent lots. Workinc <br /> lot near a sexually oriented business.P ces of One person re <br /> pornographic material in a church Portec <br /> lawns and sidewalks and that sex Neighbors report findingParking <br /> acts with used condoms on their <br /> plain view of families and children. Prostitutes occur,on streets and <br /> iThe Working alleys in <br /> t <br /> understate the level of crime associated <br /> g Group heard testimony that arrest <br /> rates ns and thefts from with sexually orientedr businesses. Many <br /> reported to the police. <br /> many assaults upon prostitutes are never <br /> Prostitution also results in harassment of neighborhood residents. Young <br /> young women on their way to work gins <br /> johns. The Flick theater caters to homosexual are often propositioned <br /> noted in the area. trade, andP i osihoned <br /> Neighborhood boys male prostitution has been <br /> police officer testified that one resident had and men are also accosted on the <br /> ' street. A <br /> in his yard all the time. informed him that he found used <br /> in way to and all and i e. Both his teenage son and daughter had beencondomsr <br /> • solicited on their <br /> t <br /> The Working Group heard <br /> immediately testimony that in <br /> `" y north of the the Fro to <br /> change Universe g neighborhood, <br /> University-Dale intersection in <br /> 9 over inthe quality S . Pau! <br /> the area_ tY of life since the sexuallythere has been a <br /> The Working oriented businesses moved into <br /> Group heard that the neighborhood used to <br /> crass, did not have a high crime rate • <br /> officers testified at and did not have prostitution Primarily middle <br /> neighborhood problems they believed the sexuallySt. Paul Police <br /> - oriented businesses <br /> Property values were suffering,particularly the increase in prostitution and other crime caused <br /> s. <br /> since the presence of high rme rarea <br /> g crime rates made the area <br /> -12- • <br />