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URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1196 - CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN a
SUBJECT: COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS ORDINANCE �(/v
Summary: Urgency Ordinance No. 1196 would establish a comprehensive
ordinance related to sexually oriented businesses in the City of Tustin. If
adopted, the ordinance would disperse and limit sexually oriented businesses to
specified zoning districts; regulate and license sexually oriented businesses,
owners and employees; provide additional health and safety regulations for
sexually oriented businesses; and,s repeal the applicable sections of the Tustin
City!Code. The proposed ordinance regulates the secondary effects associated
with sexually oriented businesses while preserving the First Amendment rights
afforded to these uses to locate within the City. Area of Applicability: Citywide
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 1196 by
a 4/5ths vote.
Fiscal Impact: There are no direct fiscal impacts associated with the Council's
adoption of this urgency ordinance. If a sexually oriented business is established
within the City, there will be an increased demand for Police and Code Enforcement
Services. These costs will be off-set through the annual permit fees
Background: Because of changes in case law within recent years, the Tustin City
Code Sections related to Sexually Oriented Businesses (also referred to as "Adult
Businesses") does not adequately regulate these uses. These uses are permitted in
the City's traditional commercial zoning districts surrounded by sensitive uses.
Conditional use permits and/or modified conditional use permits are required for
sexually oriented businesses to locate in the City, but no standards of operation (i.e.
security, lighting, licensing, etc.) are identified. A revision to these sections was being
prepared along with a comprehensive zoning code revision. However, facts have come
to our attention that necessitate a more prompt revision to the sections on sexually
oriented businesses.
Recently, the Community Development Department has received a number of inquiries
to establish sexually oriented businesses within the City. It is difficult to ascertain
whether or not these inquiries are legitimate or opportunities for those so inclined to file
lawsuits. Due to the increased interest in locating these uses within the City and the
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lack of adequate processing or operating standards, staff has prepared this urgency
ordinance. Unlike other land uses, sexually oriented businesses may not be subjected
to a moratorium. As noted in the Draft Ordinance, the City Council must find that the
lack of appropriate development and location standards of adult type uses poses an
immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.
Discussion:
Review of Related Studies and Secondary Effects
The issues associated with sexually oriented business are not unique to the City of
Tustin. For a number of years, cities have been struggling with how best to regulate
sexually oriented businesses. The City has reviewed the following studies that
substantiate the adverse, secondary effects of sexually oriented businesses including
but not limited to: Upland, California (1992); Santa Maria, California (1993); Garden
Grove, California (1991); Phoenix, Arizona (1986); Minneapolis, Minnesota (1980);
Houston, Texas (1983); Indianapolis, Indiana (1984); Amarillo, Texas (1977); Austin •
Texas (1986); Seattle, Washington (1989); Oklahoma City (1986); Beaumont, Texas
(1982); and Whittier, California (1978); and, the State of Minnesota Attorney General's
Working Group in the Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses (1986).
These studies identify that sexually oriented businesses present several real and
potential problems to cities in which they are located. Such impacts or as the Courts
have called them 'Secondary effects" of sexually oriented businesses include: the
increase in crime rates within the businesses themselves and the areas that surround
them; the establishment of blight and downgrading of the areas in which such
businesses are located; a decrease in property values; and the reduction in non-adult
businesses which are willing to locate in the vicinity of adult businesses. Furthermore,
as indicated in the 1986 State of Minnesota Attorney General's Working Group Report,
the combination of multiple adult use businesses within one building or in close
proximity compounds the secondary effects associated with a single adult business.
Consequently, it is appropriate to regulate the secondary impacts of these businesses
without regulating the content or the communicative elements of the businesses
themselves.
Studies to be Undertaken By the City During the Effect of the Urgency Ordinance
During the effect of this interim ordinance, the City will continue to conduct studies,
surveys and questionnaires of real estate appraisers, businesses owners, residential
owners, and parents in Tustin; and, continue to collect various studies and ordinance
pertaining'to the secondary effects that adult businesses produce.
Common Issues and Questions
The following is a summary of the issues and commonly asked questions associated .
with establishing regulations for sexually oriented business and the associated
secondary effects. These issues and questions include:
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Why is the City compelled to adopt an urgency sexually oriented business
ordinance?
Al Are there currently any sexually oriented businesses operating in the City?
Are there currently any sexually oriented business applications pending?
What are the approaches used by other jurisdictions?
l Can the City Ban Sexually Oriented Businesses?
What constitutes enough sites?
Al Can the City use the fact that sexually oriented businesses are located in adjacent
communities as being adequate so that the City of Tustin can ban such uses?
l Can the City use its power of taxation to penalize these businesses?
1 How will the costs be off-set to license and monitor these premises?
✓ Why is the City compelled to adopt an urgency sexually oriented business
ordinance.
The City of Tustin has not comprehensively updated its ordinance since 1985 and
inquiries have been made by operators to locate in Tustin. Several Court decisions
pertaining to this area of the law have been issued since 1985 (Attachment B). Under
the current ordinance, the City uses a modified conditional use permit process to
control Sexually Oriented businesses, and there are no operational restrictions (i.e.
hours of operation, lighting, security, licensing of employees, etc..) In 1993, the Federal
District Court - Central Division, invalidated a similar ordinance in the City of Anahiem.
In part, the Court concluded that the Conditional Use Permit process provided the City
with too much discretion for a use protected by the First Amendment to the United
States Constitution. The lawsuit cost the City of Anahiem several thousands of dollars
in legal expenses and permitted the business to establish in a sensitive area. To avoid
such a consequence, the City of Tustin must deal with these uses without using the
Conditional Use Permit process and, establish by ordinance, operational regulations.
✓ Are there currently any sexually oriented businesses operating in the City?
As far as we know,there are none.
V Are there currently any sexually oriented business applications pending?
The City is not considering any formal applications at this time. Recently, the City and
adjacent jurisdictions have received inquiries in this regard.
V Approaches by Other Jurisdictions
Detroit: Young v. American Mini-Theaters
In 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a City of Detroit ordinance which was
designed to separate adult businesses from each other, and more particularly, from
certain regulated or sensitive uses. The Detroit ordinance was upheld based on a
study the City had conducted which found that adult businesses tended to degrade an
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area, raised crime rates, and lowered property values. Furthermore, the City found in
its study that these businesses create certain effects beyond the boundaries of the
business which posed a risk to adjoining neighborhoods. The U.S. Supreme Court in
deciding Young v. American Mini Theaters upheld the Detroit ordinance to the extent it
regulated these `Secondary effects"and found that the distancing requirements were
not per se unconstitutional. Consequently, one. approach jurisdictions have taken is
that if adult businesses must be permitted in the City, then it is important to ensure that
they are separated from sensitive uses such as residences, schools, churches, etc.
Renton v. Playtime Theaters
Another approach used by the City of Renton, Washington, was the setting aside of a
place or places in town where these businesses would be permitted. The Renton
Ordinance was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1986, City of Renton v. Playtime
Theaters, as a content-neutral time, place, and manner ordinance. The City of Renton
determined that it was more appropriate to concentrate these uses in a particular
section or sections of town where they were clearly separated from other sensitive uses
and where the City could more appropriately target its resources to ensure that the
secondary effects of these businesses did not spread. In other words, the City of
Renton determined that if they must have such uses, they would set aside a certain
portion of the town for the uses wherein they could "keep an eye" on them.
Combination of Renton and Detroit
A number of cities, more recently, have attempted to combine the separation
established by the Detroit case with the separation from other sensitive uses and other
businesses upheld in Renton. In this way, the secondary effects are regulated by
disbursing them throughout various zoning districts and then separating any adult
businesses which may come into existence from other adult businesses to avoid the
• combination of secondary effects. This manner of regulation of adult businesses is
generally acceptable so long as an adequate number of sites are available within the
City for these businesses to operate. While various courts in California have ruled that
4 - 6 sites are not sufficient as a matter of law, the courts have not established a
formula or clear guidance on the number of sites that must be available.
✓Can the City Ban Sexually Oriented Businesses
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that certain sexually oriented businesses
are forms of 'Speech" and are thus protected by the First Amendment. The United
States Supreme Court and other State and Federal Courts have repeatedly struck
down state and local efforts to ban the location and operation of adult businesses —
either directly through an out-and-out ban, or indirectly through a prohibitive regulatory
scheme. However, the Courts have held that local jurisdictions may zone adult uses in
appropriate locations to prevent the secondary effects that such businesses may•
produce. Ordinances regulating the uses must be designed to be tontent neutral"with
respect to time, place, and manner and focus on reducing the 'Secondary effects"of
adult businesses while providing "reasonable alternative avenues of communication."
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Recently, the City of Westminster lost a case in which the City attempted to ban a
Sexually Oriented Business. As a result, the court ordered the City of Westminster to
issue a permit for the adult business without regard to appropriate development
standards.
✓ Can the City Use its Power of Taxation to Penalize these Businesses?
No. Cities have attempted to impose high taxes (tin taxes) on adult business to
discourage them from locating within their respective jurisdictions. The U.S. Supreme
Court has held that the power to tax is the power to censor. (Murdock v. Pennsylvania
[1943] 319 US 105). More recently, the Court of Appeals has held that a city has the .
power to tax all business, including First Amendment protected businesses if the tax is
equally applied to all businesses in the same category. (Times Mirror v. City of Los
Angeles, (1987) 237 Cal. 346). Accordingly, such businesses may not be singled out.
V How will the cost be off-set to license and monitor these premises?
While the City may not apply a discriminatory tax on adult businesses, it may approve
fees that are reasonably related to issuance of permits and monitoring of the business.
There will be higher inspection and monitoring costs for these activities and the courts
have recognized that these fees are appropriate to impose if they are reasonably
related to the City's costs. (Genesa v. Peoria 619 F2d 1202; Bayside Enterprise v.
Carson 470 F. Supp 140).
'I What constitutes enough sites?
As indicated, neither the U.S. Supreme Court nor the California Supreme Court has
determined or defined what constitutes an adequate number of sites for any jurisdiction.
However, the courts have identified when there are not enough areas — See
Attachment B. In the Renton case, the community's ordinance allowing such uses in
specific zones was upheld. Renton had a population of 32,000, and set aside 520
acres (five percent of the total land area). In Cox v. Stanton 255 Cal Rptr.2d 682, the
city was held to not have allowed adequate sites for adult uses. Stanton has a
population of approximately 32,500. The City had set aside 5 percent of its areas for
such uses, but required a 1,000 foot separation between adult uses which further
limited available sites.
V Can the City use the fact that sexually oriented businesses are located in
adjacent communities as being adequate so that the City of Tustin can ban
such uses.
The law provides that cities must allow adequate sites and cannot rely on neighboring
cities to justify a ban. In Schad v. Mount Ephraim [1981] 452 US 61, the Court held that
this small residential borough could not preclude such businesses, although there was
evidence that adequate businesses were in surrounding areas. Further, the Supreme
Court held that such an argument could not provide a basis for constitutionality
because there was no county-wide zoning.
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The City of Tustin's Approach
The attached Ordinance uses a combination of the Renton and Detroit approaches, by
locating these uses in zoning districts away from sensitive uses and providing
distancing between sexually oriented businesses. The complete draft ordinance with
appropriate findings are attached (Attachment A). The list below highlights the major
provisions of the urgency ordinance.
• The ordinance establishes that the purpose and intent of the proposed ordinance is
to regulate sexually oriented businesses to reduce the related secondary negative
impacts while preserving the First Amendment rights to locate these uses within the
City.
• The ordinance comprehensively defines those uses that constitute sexually oriented
• businesses;
• The ordinance establishes the PCMU, PC-C, PCC, M, and PC-IND zoning districts
as permitted areas where these uses may locate. Approximately 400 acres or nine
percent (9%) of the City's area would be available for such uses. The City's area
excludes MCAS, Tustin and public right-of-way areas. In our opinion, this is a
reasonable number of acres/sites.
• A minimum distance of 500 linear feet must be provided from residential, church,
park, schools, and other similar sensitive uses; and a minimum distance of 500
linear feet is required between sexually oriented businesses. These distances are
measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest
exterior structural wall of the business to the nearest property line of sensitive uses.
• A minimum of 500 linear feet between Sexually Oriented Businesses as measured
from the nearest point of one business to another must be maintained.
• Based on the allowable zoning and distance requirements, there are approximately
150 available sites. In our opinion, this is an adequate number of sites.
• The Ordinance establishes advertising, lighting, security, and operational
requirements.
• Businesses would be prohibited from operating between the hours of 12:00 a.m.
and 9:00 a.m.
• Background investigations on the owners and employees of sexually oriented
businesses would be required. Employees will be separately licensed.
• The ordinance requires an application fee and an annual permit fee that relates to
the administrative costs for the City to implement and enforce this sexually oriented
business ordinance. The application fee will include the cost to conduct the
background investigation and issue the permits. The annual fee will include
personnel costs for City staff to inspect the premises and enforce the provisions of
the ordinance. A preliminary estimate for these costs is $1,000.00 for the
application and for the annual permit fee.
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The City Attorney has reviewed and approved the content and form of the proposed
ordinance.
State Code Requirements: The City Council has the authority to adopt an interim
urgency ordinance if the Council finds there is an urgent need to protect the public health,
safety and welfare. The fact constituting the urgency are set forth in this staff report and in
the ordinance. Urgency ordinances require a 4/5ths vote of the City Council and are
effective immediately.
Urgency ordinances can be effective for a period of 45 days from the date of adoption, and
can be subsequently extended for an additional 22 months and 15 days if noticing and
public hearing procedures are followed. If adopted, Urgency Ordinance No. 1196 will expire
on April 2, 1998. Staff anticipates scheduling a noticed public hearing for this extension for
the Council March 9, 1998 meeting
Environmental Determination: Ordinance No. 1196 either provides for the
amendment of existing regulations applicable to Sexually Oriented Businesses or, for
the first time, provides for zoning regulations which are specifically applicable to
Sexually Oriented Business uses. Such uses are allowed under the City's existing
zoning regulations. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility
that this ordinance may have a significant adverse effect on the environment, and
therefore the adoption of this ordinance is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section
15061 (b) (3) of the CEQA guidelines.
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Elizabeth A. Binsack
Community Development Director
Attachments:
A. Draft Urgency Ordinance No. 1196
B. Case Studies — Due to the voluminous nature of these studies, these documents are
available for review in the Community Development Department; however, a
summary of leading pre- and post- Renton cases is attached hereto.
eab\agenda\sobsr
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ATTACHMENT B
Case Studies
Due to the voluminous nature of these studies, these
documents are available for review in the Community
Development Department. A summary of leading pre- and
post- Renton cases is attached hereto.
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Post-Renton Cases Discussing Alternative Avenues of
Communication for Sexually Oriented Businesses
CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/ TEST
• UPHELD ?
Renton v. Playtime 1,000 feet from Yes Pop: 32,000 The ordinance must be
Theatres, sensitive uses, Available land: 520 "designed to serve a
475 U.S. 41 (1986). and within one acres, which=s 5%of substantial governmental
mile of a school total land. interest and [must allow] for
• reasonable alternative
avenues of communication.."
Function Junction. Inc. v. 400 feet from Yes A city official testified Without evaluating
City of Daytona Beach,705 sensitive uses& that 8 adult uses could exactly how much land is
' F. Supp. 544 (M.D. Fla. 1,000 feet from located on the 12 enough, the court found the
• 1987). another adult available sites. ordinance was reasonable.
business 12 sites were available.
"While a city may limit
alternative avenues of
communication, it may not
limit them `unreasonably,'
and `what is reasonable
cannot be ascertained by
reference to nothing except
• the wishes of the nude bar
proprietors." 705 F. Supp.
at 552(quoting International
Food & Beverage Systems,
• 794 F.2d at 1526).
S &G News. Inc. v. City 1,000 ft of Yes 2.3% of total land was "Southgate clearly allows
of Southgate, 638 F.Supp. another adult available for adult • sufficient alternative means
1060 (E.D. Mich. 1986), business or uses. City population: of expression, since adult
aff'd without published within 500 ft of 30,647 City land: uses are allowed in . . .2.3
opinion, 819 F.2d 1142 a residential 4,400 acres of land'(or per cent of the land in
(6th Cir. 1987). dwelling 6.9 square miles). Southgate.' 638 F. Supp.. at
1066.
International Food & 750 feet from Yes City has 31 square Ordinances may ban•
. Beverage Systems v.City sensitive uses or miles and population establishments completely
of Fort Lauderdale, 794 other adult of 156,000. which sell alcohol and
F.2d 1526 (1986), on businesses • -More than 10 adult provide nude entertainment,
remand to, 664 F. Supp. bars were in existence. so this ordinance which
482 (S.D. Fla. 1987),aff'd, -22 to 25 available merely adds time, place and
838 F.2d 1220(11th Cir. sites (10 of which manner restrictions is OK.
1988) were locations where "We are at a loss how [the
adult uses already district judge] could
existed). determine as many as 22
sites for such bars were not
enough . . ." The city may
restrict businesses,just not
unreasonably.
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CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/TEST
UPHELD ?
County of Cook v. Ordinance Yes Total County land: This was reasonable even
Renaissance Arcade& restricts adult 190.59 square though available land was in
Bookstore, 522 N.E.2d 73 uses to 78 miles. undesirable industrial area
(III. 1988). industrially 10.8 square miles was where water and sewer were
zoned areas, and permissible for adult inaccessible.
in 245 businesses, which was
commercially 5.7 percent of total
zoned areas. land or 8.9 percent if
No more than the Cook County
2 adult Forest Preserve was
businesses excluded.
within 1,000
foot radius.
Walnut Properties v. City 1,000 feet of NO--held adult 99.5 acres were Court said that the 1,000 foot
of Whittier,861 F.2d 1102 another adult businesses were available,which was barrier between adult
(9th Cir. 1988), cert. business. effectively / 1.4% of the land. businesses was what
denied 490 U.S. 1086 precluded. distinguished this case from
(1989). Renton. Total acreage
available doesn't matter.
because the 1,000 foot barrier
imposes a 72 acre buffer
around each adult business.
Ordinance would require
the only adult theatre in town
to close with no definite
prospect for a location to
relocate,this denies
reasonable opportunity to
operate an adult business. .
City of Stanton v.Cox,255 500 feet from NO City consisted of 3.5 Given the City's relatively
Cal.Rptr. 682(Cal.Ct. sensitive uses, square miles.=Cty-,,, small geographic size,the
App. 1989). and 1,000 feet estimated 5%of area,- double restriction in the
from another would be available,-tut ordinance(1,000 feet
adult business when consider the between adult businesses &
requirement that adult 500 feet separation from
businesses be • sensitive uses) leaves little
separated from one opportunity for adult
another by 1,000 feet businesses to operate within
the amount of the City.
permissible land The Court reported that
would be even less. other courts have frequently
• found that the 1,000 foot
separation requirement
between adult businesses
fails to leave adequate
opportunity for adult
businesses to operate.
Bonnell, Inc. v. Board of 5 year Yes 44 locations available Adequate alternative
Adjustment, 791 P.2d 107 amortization. totaling 1,100 acres. locations available.
(Okla. Ct. App. 1989).
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CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/TEST
UPHELD ?
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• Town of Islip v.Caviglia, Must be in Yes Adult businesses Alternative avenues of
73 N.Y.2d 544, 540 industrial zones, could locate on over expression were available.
N.E.2d 215 (1989). and further than • 6,000 acres, including The total number of adult
500 feet from 85.6 miles of running businesses would not
sensitive uses frontage on open decrease.
• roads.
Town =92 sq. miles
Population=300,000
SDI. Inc. v. City of 750 feet,and Yes No specific statistics Adequate alternative sites
Houston, 636 F. Supp. 1,000 feet from given. Court stated were available. To be
1359 (S.D.Tex. 1986), another adult generally that available the"sites need not
• affd, 837 F.2d 1268 (5th business • "hundreds" of sites be commercially viable."
• Cir. 1988),cert. denied, were available. 837 F.2d at 1277.
489 U.S. 1052 (1989). •
Southern Entertainment 1,000 feet from Ordinance City population: Fact that 6 of the, 11 sites
Co.of Florida, Inc. v. City sensitive uses content was 45,000 were currently unavailable
of Boynton Beach, 736 F. and other SOBs found valid,but City land: 15.75 was not a relevant factor. 11
Supp. 1094 (S.D. Fla. ordinance square sites was found adequate.•
• _ 1990). deemed void for miles. Procedural rules were
• failure to 11 sites available for violated when ordinance was
comply with - :adult businesses, or enacted.
statutory 3.25 %of total land.. Alternative sites do not
procedural rules -- need to be practically or •
commercially viable.
Dumas v. City of Dallas, 1,000 feet Yes 8 to 10 percent(21,000
648 F. Supp.. 1061 (N.D. 3 year acres) of city land was •
Tex.),aff'd sub. norm amortization available.
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of
Dallas, 837 F.2d 1298 (5th
Cir. 1988), rev'd on other
grounds, 493 U.S. 215
(1990)
Brookpark News & Books, 1,000 feet from NO / 3.6 acres out of a total This percentage of available
Inc.v. City of Cleveland, sensitive uses or --==of-48,384 acres were land is"unduly restrictive
585 N.E. 2d 908 (Ohio Ct. from any other available for adult uses and significantly curtails
App. 1990). adult (.00007%of total) . freedom of expression and
businesses. access to protected speech."
585 N.E.2d at 911.
Alexander v. City of New ordinance Yes Available land: 120 This provided an adequate
Minneapolis, 928 F.2d 278 restricting adult • sites or 6.6%of total number of alternative sites.
(8th Cir. 1991) businesses to land.
one particular
district.
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CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/ TEST
UPHELD ?
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Woodall v. City of El Paso, 1,000 feet • Remanded for Ordinance allowed for Court remanded to exclude
950 F.2d 255 (5th Cir.), consideration by 59 businesses on from consideration land with
modified, 959 F.2d 1305 jury under new 1,165 acres, which is physical characteristics
(5th Cir. 1992) (per test of what land 1% of El Paso's making it unavailable for any
curiam), cert. denied, 113 is to be 158,000 acres. All 39 type of development,and
S.Ct. 304(1992). considered of the existing adult land with legal characteristics
available. businesses were making it unavailable for
• required to relocate. adult businesses.
Lakeland Lounge v. City of Yes 4 locations with 8 to The definition of"available" .
• Jackson, 973 F.2d 1255 10 sites were available does no mean the adult
(5th Cir.), rehearing for adult businesses. business has to expect to
denied, 979 F.2d 211 Precise number of profit by opening there.
(1992). sites unknown, but Locations undesirable for
court found "a economic reasons are not
substantial number of excluded from alternative
. potential sites do relocation areas.
exist." "There is no requirement
1 6 adult businesses in Renton, Woodall,or
existed at the time. elsewhere that a specific
proportion of a municipality
be open for adult businesses
or that a certain number of
sites be available."
"Given the limited
demand for adult businesses
[there were only],this
• ordinance does not reduce the
number of establishments
that can open in Jackson, so
it does not limit expression."
D.G. Restaurant v. City of 500 feet Yes 26 potential sites. adult businesses' argument
Myrtle Beach,953 F.2d that the available sites were in
140(4th Cir. 1992). • poorly lit industrial areas, far
from tourists was rejected by
the court. The businesses
could still "convey the
message to those looking for
such 'enlightenment."'
International Eateries of 500 feet from a Yes 26 available sites for . The ordinance provided
America v. Broward residential area adult businesses to reasonable alternative
County, 941 F.2d 1 157 & 1000 feet relocate. avenues of communication.
(11th Cir. 1991),cert. from a church City population The adult use business •
denied, 112 S.Ct. 1294 or school • greater than 1 million. owner unsuccessfully argued
• (1992). City consisted of 410 that the ordinance was not
square miles of Florida narrowly tailored to serve the
coast, and the stated government interest.
unincorporated city
. was 150 square miles.
4 adult uses were in
existence in 1991.
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CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/ TEST
UPHELD ?
T-MARC v. Pinellas 400 feet from Yes 123 acceptable sites The fact that several of the
County, 804 F. Supp. 1500 sensitive use or , available. 123 sites might actually be
(M.D. Fla. 1992). other adult unavailable or economically
businesses. unfeasible is of no
1 year consequence." Court found
amortization this to be even more than
period found what was required.
reasonable.
Janra Enterprises v. City of 500 feet from NO 3 available sites This did not provide
Reno, 818 F. Supp. 1361 sensitive uses, Preliminary Reno=55 square miles constitutionally sufficient
(D. Nev. 1993). and 900 feet injunction alternative means of
from businesses granted to stop communication.
which hold the city from City conceded that
liquor licenses. enforcing the ordinance was more
ordinance. restrictive than necessary.
City of National City v. 1,000 feet from Yes City population: Assertion that shopping
Wiener, 838 P.2d 223 (Cal. a residential area 57,000 centers do not usually rent to
1992),cert. denied, 114 and 1,500 feet Total land: 8.65 sq. adult businesses was not
S.Ct. 85 (1993). from other adult miles/5,536 acres. considered by court because
businesses, Adult businesses could the government is not
. schools,or - locate anywhere in the responsible for private
public parks. 572 acres (10%), business decisions.
--unless within which are Court found"no authority
an enclosed commercially zoned, that mandates a constitutional
mall. • - within an enclosed ratio of adult businesses to a
mall. particular population figure."
3 permissible 838 P.2d at 848.
shopping malls already .
existed, and more
could be built.
O'Malley v.City of Yes At least 4%of the city Acceptable alternative
Syracuse, 813 F. Supp. 133 was available for adult locations.
(N.D. N.Y. 1993). uses, and if added to
that partial lots or lots
that didn't front
roadways, the
percentage rises to
more than 5%.
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CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/TEST
UPHELD ?
Topanga Press,Inc. v.City 500 feet from NO 11,613.1 acres were Although 120 sites for the
of Los An eelles,989 F.2d sensitive uses, definitionally available; 102 current adult businesses
1524(9th Cir. 1993), as & 1000 feet 7,440.9 acres were initially looks sufficient,
amended 1993 U.S. App. from other adult realistically available when the 1,000 foot
LEXIS 9423,cert. denied, businesses. for adult businesses, restriction between adult
• 114 S.Ct. 1537 (1994). holding approximately businesses is computed this
120 sites. would severely limit the
102 adult businesses actual number of sites
existed at time of available because much of
decision. the land permissible for adult
businesses was grouped
together.
A 1,000 foot restriction
keeps any other adult uses
from locating within a
contiguous 72 acres circle
around another adult use.
Court developed a five
factor test to determine if
relocation sites are
"realistically available"for
adult businesses. The core of
the test is that the"property
is not potentially available
when it is unreasonable to
believe that it would ever
become available to any
commercial enterprise."p.
1531.
Holmberg v. City of 1,000 feet Yes 35% of commercially
• Ramsey, zoned land was
12 F.3d 140(8th Cir. available.
1994).
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CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/ TEST
UPHELD ?
11126 Baltimore Blvd. v. 500 or 1,000 Upheld, but then 20%of county is
Prince George's County, feet Supreme Court residential(no adult
886 F.2d 1415 , vacated vacated and uses).
and remanded without remanded 20 sites,constituting
comment, 496 U.S. 901, without 1,400 acres, were
924 F.2d 557 (4th Cir. comment. found to be
1991). 4th Circuit permissible.
Court of 6% of 22,500 acres in
Appeals decided county were zoned for
because the commercial and
County rewrote industrial use.
the ordinance, it
was no longer
necessary to
decide the issue.
Thames Enterprises, Inc. v. 500 feet from NO 1,000 foot restriction struck
City of St. Louis, 851 F. 2d sensitive uses. down.
199 (8th Cir. 1988). 1,000 feet of
another adult
business unless
can obtain a
waiver from
neighbors.
Cornerstone Bible Church time, place and Yes 45% of land was
v. City of Hastings, 740 F. manner available.
Supp. 654(D. Minn. restriction on
1990). location of a •
church
United States Partners 1,000 feet Yes No pertinent
• Financial Corp. v. Kansas information.
City, 707 F. Supp. 1090
(W.D. Mo. 1989).
' City of Daytona Beach v. Laws banned Yes
Del Percio,476 So.2d 197 nudity in places
(Fla. 1985). where alcohol
was sold.
New York State Liquor
Authority v. Bellanca, 452
U.S. 714 (1981).
15192 Thirteen Mile Road, 500 or 1,000 Yes No discussion of
Inc. v. City of Warren,626 feet relevant numbers.
F. Supp. 803 (E.D. Mich.
1985).
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CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/ TEST
UPHELD ?
•
Patel and Patel v. City of Ordinance NO Court found there was no
San Francisco, 606 F. regulated motels evidence adult motels,as
Supp. 666 (N.D. Cal. which showed opposed to adult businesses
1985). adult films bring about neighborhood
("adult deterioration.
motels").
ATS Melbourne, Inc. v. Adult Yes 3 zones were provided Without giving any statistics,
City of Melbourne,475 businesses within the city for adult court found that there was no
So.2d 1257 (Fla.Dist.Ct. could locate uses evidence that the"number of
App. 1985). only in "C-3" locations where adult
zones,and after businesses [could] operate in
getting a [the city had] been
"conditional use significantly restricted by the
permit." extant zoning." p.1260.
Orrell v. City of Hot NO, but not 4 areas in Hot Springs Court noted that it was
• Springs, 844 S.W.2d 310 decided on issue remained for adult unsure if those areas would
(Ark. 1992). of whether there businesses. be truly available and
were an adequate,but case was
adequate decided on other grounds.
number of
relocation sites.
Centaur,Inc. v. Richland 1,000 feet Yes At least 16 alternative Issue was dismissed.
County, 392 S.E.2d 165 2 year sites existed. No
(S.C. 1990). amortization discussion of percent
•
of total land.
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Cases Which Supply No Statistics:
CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/ TEST
UPHELD?
i. i
Young v. American Mini 500/ 1,000 feet Yes
Theatres, 427 U.S. 50 between one
(1976). adult theatre and
any two
regulated uses.
Schad v. Borough of excluded all live No
Mount Ephraim,452 U.S. entertainment of
61 (1981). any kind
MD II Entertainment v.
City of Dallas,28 F.3d 492
(5th Cir. 1994)
ILO Investments. Inc.v. 750 feet Yes City population: Alternative sites was not at
City of Rochester, 25 F.3d 75,000 issue, instead issue was over
1413 (8th Cir. 1994). whether the statute was
unconstitutionally overbroad
and not content neutral.
City of Vallejo v. Adult Yes reasonable number of sites
Books, 167 Cal. App. 3d existed. .
1169, 213 Cal. Rptr. 143
.. i (1985), cert. denied,475
U.S. 1064(1986).
• Tollis. Inc. v.San 1,000 feet NO Not sufficiently narrow.
Bernardino County, 827 Included all theatres which
F.2d 1329 (9th Cir. 1987). showed an adult movie even
once.
Family of St. Paul,Inc. v. 1,320 feet Yes
City of St. Paul,Minn.,923 between such
F.2d 91 (8th Cir. 1991). facilities.
Zoning
ordinance
regulated the
location of
residential
facilities for the
mentally
retarded or
mentally ill.
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Pre-Renton Cases
•
CASE NAME ORDINANCE ORDINANCE STATISTICS RATIONALE/TEST
UPHELD?
I Basiardanes v.City of 500 or 1,000 Pre-Renton 1,000 foot requirement Ordinance virtually banned
Galveston, 682 F.2d 1203 feet NO between businesses adult uses.
(5th Cir. 1982). banned from 80 to 90
percent of allowed
zones.
') Purple Onion. Inc. v 500 or 1,000 Pre-Renton Only 10 out of 81
Jackson, 511 F. Supp.. feet NO possible sites were
• 1207 (N.D. Ga. 1981). acceptable and would
be further limited by
foot requirement
between businesses.
North St. Book Shoppe v. Pre-Renton Adult businesses only
Village of Endicott,582 F. NO allowed to locate in
Supp.. 1428 (N.D. N.Y. two industrially zoned
1984). areas.
CLR Corp. v. Henline, 702 Pre-Renton 1/2 mile strip of land
F.2d 637 (6th Cir. 1983). was available.
• Bayside Enterprises v. 2,500 feet from NO no data given The zoning ordinance
Carson,450 F. Supp. 696 a school,church completely band the
(M.D. Fla. 1978) or other adult establishment of new adult
use,and 500 businesses.
• feet from any
residential area.
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