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• <br /> .i <br /> "adding obscenity-law violations to the list of RICO predicate crimes was not a mere <br /> ruse to sidestep the First Amendment." Id. Without the relationship to proceeds of <br /> crime, a remedy which closed a facility for obscenity violations would be far less likely <br /> to withstand constitutional scrutiny. <br /> f <br /> •f <br /> RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> •i <br /> 1. Prosecutors should use the public nuisance statute to enjoin <br /> operations of sexually oriented businesses which repeatedly violate <br /> laws pertaining to prostitution, gambling or operating-a disorderly <br /> 1 house. <br /> III. ZONING <br /> -1 <br /> Zoning ordinances can be adopted to regulate the location of sexually. oriented <br /> businesses without violating the First Amendment. Such ordinances can be designed <br /> to disperse or concentrate sexually oriented businesses, to keep them at designated -1 <br /> distances from specific buildings or areas, such as churches, schools and residential <br /> neighborhoods or to restrict buildings to a single sexually oriented usage. Because <br /> zoning is an important regulatory tool when properly enacted, the Working Group <br /> believes a careful explanation of the law and a review of potential problems in drafting <br /> zoning ordinances may be helpful to communities considering zoning to regulate <br /> sexually oriented businesses. <br /> • <br /> -30- <br />