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B. Establishments exist or may exist within Casselberry, Florida: <br />Where dancers, entertainers, performers, or other individuals, who, for <br />any form of commercial gain, perform or are present while displaying or <br />exposing specified anatomical areas; or <br />2. Where straddle dancing occurs; and <br />C. The activities described above occur at establishments for the purpose of making a profit, <br />and, as such, are subject to regulation by the City of Casselberry, Florida, in the interest of the health, <br />safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of Casselberry. <br />D. Other activities which are illegal, immoral, or unhealthful tend to accompany the activities <br />described above present in these establishments within Casselberry, Florida, and concentrate around these <br />establishments and be aggravated by them. Such other activities include, but are not limited to, <br />prostitution, pandering, solicitation for prostitution, lewd and lascivious behavior, exposing minors to <br />harmful materials, possession, distribution, and transportation of obscene materials, sale or possession <br />of controlled substances, and violent crimes against persons and property. <br />E. When the activities described above are present in establishments within Casselberry, <br />Florida, they tend to attract an undesirable number of transients, blight neighborhoods, adversely affect <br />neighboring businesses, lower property values, promote crime, and ultimately lead residents and <br />businesses to move to other locations. <br />F. The activities described above often occur between the establishment employees exhibiting <br />specified anatomical areas and the establishments customers. 'Thereby often these employees pose a threat <br />to the health of both themselves and customers and promote the spread of communicable and social <br />diseases. <br />G. In order to preserve and safeguard the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the <br />people of the City it is necessary and advisable for the City of Casselberry, Florida, to regulate the <br />conduct of owners, managers, operators, agents, employees, entertainers, performers, and customers at <br />establishments where the activities described above occur. <br />H. The potential dangers to the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of <br />Casselberry, Florida, posed by permitting establishments at which the activities described above occur <br />to operate without first obtaining a license under this Code, are so great as to require the licensure of <br />such establishments prior to their being permitted to operate. <br />I. "Straddle dancing" does not contain any element of communication and is therefore <br />conduct rather than expression. <br />J. There is presently in the Orange County/Seminole County metropolitan area an increasing <br />trend toward the concentration of adult entertainment establishments, as described herein. <br />2 <br />