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377 <br /> <br />requirements with respect to ownership and operation of adult business uses are in the <br />public interest. In addition to the findings and studies conducted in other cities <br />regarding increases in crime rates, decreases in property values and the blighting of <br />areas in which such businesses are located, the City Council takes legislative notice of <br />the facts recited in Kev, Inc. v. Kitsap County (9th Cir. 1986) 793 F.2d 1053, <br />regarding how live adult entertainment results in secondary effects such as <br />prostitution, drug dealing and other law enforcement problems. <br /> <br /> E. The City Council has determined that the establishment of a <br />minesterial permit process is a legitimate and reasonable means of ensuring that: <br /> <br /> 1. Operators of adult business uses comply with the reasonable <br />regulations of this Article; <br /> <br /> 2. The recognized secondary impacts of a proposed adult <br />entertainment business in a specific location are mitigated; and <br /> <br /> 3. All adult entertainment business operators have specific <br />guidelines with respect to the manner in which they can operate an adult entertainment <br />business. <br /> <br /> F. Zoning, permitting, and other police power regulations, such as <br />those employed in this Ordinance, are legitimate, reasonable means of accountability <br />to help protect the quality of life in the City of Santa Aha and to help ensure that all <br />operators of adult entertainment businesses comply with reasonable, content neutral, <br />regulations. <br /> <br /> G. The City Council recognizes the possible harmful effects on <br />children and minors exposed to the effects of adult business uses and the deterioration <br />of the respect for family values, and the need and desire for children and minors to be <br />entitled to avoid such businesses, which cause children to be fearful and cautious in <br />walking through or visiting the immediate neighborhood of such uses; and the City <br />Council desires to minimize and control the adverse secondary effects associated with <br />the operation of adult business uses and thereby protect the health, safety and welfare <br />of the citizens of Santa Aha; protect the citizens from increased crime; preserve the <br />quality of life; Preserve property values and the character of surrounding <br />neighborhoods and businesses, deter the spread of urban blight and protect against the <br />threat to health from the increased risk of the spread of communicable and sexually <br />transmitted diseases. <br /> <br /> <br />