Opinion ID: 603788
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: City's Hardship

Text: 48 Given that the Adult Businesses must not only show hardship, but that hardship tips in their favor, we turn now to the question of the potential injury to the City if the ordinance is not enforced. In Lydo Enterprises, this court presumed that an injunction which prevents a city from enforcing its ordinances a fortiori causes the City harm since the city's interest in attempting to preserve the quality of urban life is one that must be accorded high respect. 745 F.2d at 1213 (quoting Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc., 427 U.S. 50, 71, 96 S.Ct. 2440, 2452, 49 L.Ed.2d 310 (1976) (plurality opinion)). In this instance, however, the district court found that any harm the City might suffer was slight. The court noted that there had already been a forbearance of enforcement of this regulation for a long time, implying that the City itself did not perceive enforcement of the regulation to be a matter of great urgency. 49 On this record, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion in finding that the balance of hardship tipped sharply in the Adult Businesses' favor.