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<br /><1 <br /> <br />Planning Federation, and released in September, 1999), can be used as a model <br />for how communities prepare these studies and their format. <br /> <br />1. For its study, the Village of Scotia reviewed studies from Austin and EI Paso, <br />Texas; Newport News, Virginia; Garden Grove, California; Islip and the City <br />of New Rochelle, New York; and Indianapolis, Indiana. <br /> <br />2. Research methods included <br /> <br />a. comparison of areas that contained adult uses with areas that did not <br />(control areas), <br /> <br />b. survey of professionals and residents, <br /> <br />. c. and gathering statistical data. <br /> <br />3. Secondary effects studied included crime rates, impacts on real estate, traffic, <br />noise and general neighborhood appearance. <br /> <br />E. Based on the review of these studies, the Village of Scotia concluded that all <br />supported the existence of a number of negative secondary effects of adult <br />entertainment uses, such as an increase in crime rates, decline in property <br />values, and a general deterioration, both in reality and perception, of the <br />neighborhoods in which these uses are located. Scotia also found that the <br />studies were relevant to the Village since the studies did not focus on the <br />community as a whole, but on much smaller areas. In addition, the impacts of <br />adult uses on the study area were found to be independent of the size of the <br />municipality. <br /> <br />F. The Village of Scotia findings that were especially applicable to them included: <br /> <br />1. The smaller the commercial district, the larger the impact because the <br />"negative halo" will affect a larger proportion of the municipality's business <br />than it would in a larger city; <br /> <br />2. Because of the small size of commercial districts the probability of substantial <br />impacts of sexually oriented businesses upon residential areas increases, <br />and; <br /> <br />3. Smaller places are more likely to have fewer days and hours of commercial <br />activity than larger cities. This increases the likelihood than an adult business <br />will have a larger impact on the area in which it is situated during off-hours for <br />other business increases. <br /> <br />IV. Regulation Recommendation and Local Law: <br /> <br />A. The next step after establishing the potential secondary impacts which adult <br />entertainment uses may have on a community, is to identify how best to regulate <br /> <br />4 <br />