Unified Land Development Code
Supplement No. 32 (Printed 08/24)
Article 4 – Use Regulations
Page 42
Department of Metropolitan Development, Division of Planning, February 1984; the “Study of the
Effects of Concentration of Adult Entertainment Establishments in the City of Los Angeles”
conducted by the Los Angeles City Planning Department for the Los Angeles City Council, June
1977; the study conducted by the City of Austin, Texas; the “Presentation to the Orange County
Commission” by the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI) for the Ninth Judicial Circuit
(Orlando area); the expert affidavit prepared for Palm Beach County by Eric Damian Kelly, Ph.D.,
FAICP, dated September 24, 2004; letter from Dale M. Tarvis, M.D.; “Analysis of Availability of
Sites for Adult Entertainment in Palm Beach County” prepared for Palm Beach County by Duncan
Associates, November 2003; Adult Entertainment Analysis for Palm Beach County, Florida, Final
Report, by Cooper Planning Consultants, January 2019; the “Crime-Related Secondary Effects of
Sexually-Oriented Businesses – Report to the County Attorney, Palm Beach County, Florida”
prepared by Valerie Jenness, Ph.D., Richard McCleary, Ph.D., James W. Meeker, JD, Ph.D.,
August 15, 2007; the “Survey of Florida Appraisers – Effects of Land Uses on Surrounding Property
Values” prepared for Palm Beach County by Duncan Associates, December 2007 (Report 2008);
and, information from Tampa, Florida detailing the effects of Adult Entertainment establishments in
the Tampa area, the BCC hereby finds the following: [Ord. 2019-034]
1) Commercial uses exist or may exist within unincorporated PBC where books, magazines,
motion pictures, prints, photographs, periodicals, records, novelties, and/or other devices that
depict, illustrate, describe, or relate to specified sexual activities are possessed, displayed,
exhibited, distributed, and/or sold.
2) Commercial uses exist or may exist within unincorporated PBC:
a) Where the superficial tissues of one person are manipulated, rubbed, stroked, kneaded,
and/or tapped by a second person, accompanied by the display or exposure of specified
anatomical areas;
b) Where dancers, entertainers, performers, or other individuals, who, for any form of
commercial gain, perform or are presented while displaying or exposing any specified
anatomical area; or,
c) Where lap dancing occurs.
3) This competitive commercial exploitation of such nudity and semi-nudity is adverse to the
public's interest and the quality of life, tone of commerce, and the community environment in
PBC.
a) When the activities described in Art. 4.B.2.C.1.b.16), Specified Anatomical Areas and Art.
4.B.2.C.1.b.17), Specified Sexual Activities, are presented in commercial uses, other
activities that are illegal, immoral, or unhealthful tend to accompany them, concentrate
around them, and be aggravated by them. Such other activities include, but are not limited
to, prostitution, solicitation for prostitution, lewd and lascivious behavior, possession,
distribution, and transportation of obscene materials, sale or possession of controlled
substances, and violent crimes against persons and land.
b) When the activities described in Art. 4.B.2.C.1.b.16), Specified Anatomical Areas and Art.
4.B.2.C.1.b.17), Specified Sexual Activities, are present in commercial uses within PBC,
they tend to blight neighborhoods, adversely affect neighboring businesses, lower property
values, promote crime, and ultimately lead residents and businesses to move to other
locations.
c) There is a direct relationship between the display and depiction of specified anatomical
areas as described in Art. 4.B.2.C.1.b.16), Specified Anatomical Areas and Art.
4.B.2.C.1.b.17), Specified Sexual Activities, and an increase in criminal activities, moral
degradation, and disturbances of the peace and good order of the community, and the
occurrence of these activities are hazardous to the health and safety of those persons in
attendance and tend to depreciate the value of adjoining land and harm the economic
welfare of the community as a whole. These secondary effects are adverse to the public's
interest and quality of life, the tone of commerce, and the community environment in PBC.
4) Based upon these findings, the BCC finds that there are a sufficient number of available
locations for new Adult Entertainment uses within unincorporated Palm Beach County.