21.44.010 Purpose and intent.
The intent of these regulations is to prevent problems of blight and deterioration which can be brought about by the concentration of adult entertainment businesses in close proximity to incompatible uses such as schools, churches, parks, recreational centers, and residentially zoned districts or in proximity to other adult uses. The city council finds that it has been demonstrated in various communities that the concentration of adult entertainment businesses causes an increase in the number of transients in the area, and an increase in crime, and can cause other businesses and residents to move elsewhere. It is, therefore, the purpose of these regulations to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the concentration of adult business establishments or their proximity to incompatible uses, while permitting such adult business establishments in certain areas.
(Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).