§ 10-28. Findings of fact.

There is in the Orange County/Seminole County metropolitan area an increasing trend toward the concentration of adult entertainment establishments. Based on evidence and testimony presented at public hearings before the board of county commissioners of Orange County, Florida, and on the findings incorporated in the Orange County Adult Entertainment Code chapter 83; Jacksonville Municipal Code, chapter 410, Ordinance No. 77-257-256, section 1; the Los Angeles Municipal Code, section 12.70, Ordinance No. 156509 (1982); the Detroit Zoning Ordinance, 66,0000, Ordinance No. 742-G, section 1, 10-24-72; and "A Summary of a National Survey of Real Estate Appraisers Regarding the Effect of Adult Bookstores on Property Values," conducted by the Division of Planning, Department of Metropolitan Development, Indianapolis, January 1984, the board finds as follows:

(1)

In the development and adoption of this article, it is recognized that there are some uses which, by their very nature, are recognized as having some serious objectionable operational characteristics, particularly when several such similar uses are concentrated within one area within the city, thereby having a deleterious effect upon adjacent areas. Special regulation of these uses is necessary to ensure that these adverse effects will not contribute to the blighting or downgrading of the surrounding neighborhoods of the city and nearby areas. The primary legislative objective in the passage of this article is for the purpose of preventing a concentration of such uses in any area of the city.

(2)

It is further found that the concentration within a limited area of the city of business operations and activities as described in subsection (1) of this section tends to attract an undesirable number of transients; adversely affects property values; promotes an increase in crime; encourages illegal, immoral or unhealthy behavior; and tends to expose minors to harmful materials and influences.

(3)

Therefore, in order to preserve the public health, peace, safety, general welfare and good order of the community and to safeguard the present and future character of neighborhoods and citizens in the area, the city has an interest in planning, regulating and legislating the use of properties for specified commercial purposes.

(Code 1988, § 2.5-3)