A.
It is declared that the nature of certain activities affecting public order, peace and tranquillity possess characteristics which are likely to cause serious secondary impacts both where practiced and on adjoining property and uses. These activities, therefore, have a significant potential to adversely affect the quality and character of life and property in the neighborhood in which they are practiced and in the village as a whole.
B.
The deleterious effects of such activities have been demonstrated in numerous reports and studies, including increased crime rates, depreciation of property values, deterioration of community character and adverse impacts on the quality of life in the surrounding areas of population concentration, which impacts are exacerbated within small municipalities such as the Village of Kiryas Joel.
C.
Therefore, it is declared that the deleterious effect of such activities on public places, on adjacent areas and on the community as a whole require special regulations in order to ensure that these adverse effects will not create or contribute to the blighting or downgrading of the public places, surrounding neighborhoods or land uses.
D.
It is further declared that the prospect that such activities may occur in areas of the village where children may regularly assemble is of great concern to the Village of Kiryas Joel. Reports and studies demonstrate that such activities are likely to be associated with increased crime rates, the deterioration of residential areas, marginal commercial areas and places of worship, schools and other community institutions serving the children of the village. Such activities further create the potential for minors to be subject to violence, crime, abduction and the general atmosphere that is known to accompany such activities.
E.
It is further declared that the Board of Trustees recognizes and affirms that the rights of assembly, speech and expression are protected by both the federal and the state Constitutions. The Board acknowledges that these regulations must be subject to strict scrutiny in order to determine whether they are consistent with the spirit and intent of the constitutional protection of free assembly, speech and expression.
F.
It is further declared that the Board of Trustees recognizes that the purpose of this regulation is to ensure that the village is able to provide for the appropriate time, place and manner for conduct of such activities and to regulate the secondary effects of such activities on public places, surrounding properties and the community and has carefully considered the purpose and objectives of these regulations so as to ensure that the nature, breadth and burden of restrictions imposed upon protected assembly, speech and expression are the minimum necessary to achieve the legitimate municipal objectives of the village.
G.
It is further declared that by adopting such regulations, the Board does not intend in any way to control the form or content of protected constitutional rights, speech and expression, or otherwise impose unreasonable burdens by virtue of the regulations of the village on those who wish to participate in such forms of assembly, speech and expression, but to protect the existing quality of life in the village. The regulations demonstrate the village's longstanding endeavors to protect public places, residential areas and other sensitive land uses from the intrusion of similar secondary effects associated with such activities.
H.
It is therefore declared that the special regulations set forth in this chapter shall be adopted to accomplish the primary purpose of preventing and minimizing the deleterious effects of such activities on public, residential, recreational, civic and neighborhood shopping areas of the village.