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<br />these uses to minimize the negative impacts on residents and businesses within <br />the municipality. <br /> <br />B. Before choosing a regulatory method, the Village of Scotia, <br /> <br />1. Reviewed current zoning: The Village identified which zoning districts would <br />currently allow adult entertainment businesses to locate as a permitted use, <br />siting some of the undefined permitted uses within the Village zoning that an <br />adult entertainment establishment may argue are appropriate classifications <br />for their use. These included, but were not limited to, retail stores and shops, <br />restaurants, theaters, membership clubs, drinking establishments and <br />personal services stores. <br /> <br />2. Identified land uses sensitive to potential negative impacts: The Village <br />identified sensitive areas "as possessing characteristics that are essential to <br />the Village's character, quality of life, and economic success." These areas <br />include residential neighborhoods, the central business district, places of <br />worship. schools, childcare facilities, recreation areas, parks and <br />playgrounds, and civic and cultural facilities. <br /> <br />3. Reviewed legal considerations and regulatory options: An overview of legal <br />considerations and regulatory options was presented to outline major court <br />decisions that impact local regulation of adult entertainment uses. Regulatory <br />methods of licensing, concentration (which concentrates adult uses within a <br />specific zone), dispersion (which seeks to prevent the concentration of adult <br />uses), and the hybrid method (which concentrates adult uses within a certain <br />zone and additionally restricts adult uses from locating within a certain <br />distance of identified sensitive areas) were presented as options available. Id. <br />at 14-16. <br /> <br />C. Based on the above analysis, the Village of Scotia decided to adopt a local law <br />regulating adult entertainment uses for the purpose of mitigating the negative <br />secondary impacts potentially caused by such uses. Adult entertainment uses <br />are permitted only in industrial zones within the Village and further restricted from <br />being within a minimum of 500 feet from identified sensitive areas. A minimum <br />separation of 500 feet between adult uses is included, as are signage <br />restrictions. <br /> <br />V. Summary: When faced with regulating adult entertainment uses, municipalities <br />should remember the following: <br /> <br />D. Identify the issues -- what causes concern? Adult entertainment uses are often <br />controversial and the issue or issues a municipality is most concerned with <br />should be clearly identified and stated, ideally first addressed in a municipal <br />comprehensive plan. As with any issue, communities should specifically identify <br />what causes concern. <br /> <br />E. Identify pos~jble solutions/tools as municipal options -- While municipal police <br />power is limited in terms of prohibiting adult entertainment uses, municipalities do <br />have control over where these uses can be located to mitigate possible negative <br />secondary impacts. <br /> <br />5 <br />