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Daviess County is crafting this ordinance to be proactive about adult businesses. "We want to do it before we have a problem, rather than try to deal with it after the problem," said County Commissioner Jim Lambert.
County Judge Executive Reid Haire says he doesn't know of any adult businesses that are planning to locate in the county right now.
"There's not a problem with sexually-oriented businesses wanting to set up shop in the county," Haire said. "While most strip clubs, adult book stores and toy stores are legal, the county doesn't want to dance around the issue. They're not really welcome."
In November, the county fiscal court hopes to put an ordinance into place regulating adult businesses.
County Judge Executive Reid Haire says right now, "You will get a lot of people, elected officials, who will say we don't want those types of businesses here, we don't need those kinds of businesses here. That's almost a personal decision that an individual makes."
County leaders say with adult businesses there are usually negative consequences. "They find a decline in value of properties, they find increased prostitution, they find increased drugs, they find increased numbers of thefts," Lambert said.
Included in the ordinance will be guidelines specifying where an adult business can locate. It will also include a requirement for employees to have a license to work for one of these businesses.
"We want to make sure that those other issues that often surround those other businesses such as drug abuse, prostitution aren't in an environment in which they can flourish," said Haire.
Haire says a first reading of the ordinance will likely go before the County Fiscal Court in mid-November. An ordinance could be adopted by the beginning of December.
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