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Title 9 — Planning and Zoning›Chapter 2 — ZONING

Article 37 — Adult-Oriented Businesses

Artesia Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-06 · Artesia

Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history includes portions of Ordinance No. 330.

§ 9-2.3701. Purpose.

The purpose of this article is to prevent community-wide adverse secondary effects which can be brought about by: (i) the concentration of adult-oriented businesses; and (ii) the close proximity of adult-oriented businesses to incompatible uses such as schools for minors, religious institutions, parks and residential uses. These adverse secondary effects include, but are not limited to: depreciation of property values; increased vacancy rates in residential and commercial areas; increased criminal activity; increased litter, noise, and vandalism; and interference with the enjoyment of residential property in the vicinity of such businesses. The provisions of this article have neither the purpose nor intended effect of: (i) imposing a limitation or restriction on the content of any communicative material; (ii) denying access by adults to constitutionally protected adultoriented materials; or (iii) denying access by distributors or exhibitors of adultoriented materials or entertainment to their intended market. (Ord. 549, § 16)

§ 9-2.3702. Location Standards for Adult-Oriented Businesses.

  • (a) An adult-oriented business may be located in the Services and Professional Zone (C-S-P), the General Commercial Zone (C-G) and the Heavy Manufacturing and Industrial (M-2) Zone, provided such business complies with all of the following requirements:

    • (1) The adult-oriented business is not within 250 feet of any other adult-oriented business located within or outside the City; and

    • (2) The adult-oriented business is not within 500 feet of any residential use located within or outside the City; and

    • (3) The adult-oriented business is not within 500 feet of any park, religious institution or school located within or outside the City.

  • (b) The distances set forth above shall be measured as a straight line from the primary entrance of the adult-oriented business to the property line of the property so used without regard to intervening structures, except with respect to the distance between two adult-oriented businesses, in which case the measurement shall be taken from the primary entrance of each such business.

(Ord. 549, § 17; Ord. 582, § 23)

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  1. ▸ Title 9 — Planning and Zoning
    Overview
    1. Chapter 1 — SUBDIVISIONS
    2. ▸ Chapter 2 — ZONING
      Overview
      1. Article 1 — Title, Authority, and Purposes
      2. Article 2 — Scope
      3. Article 3 — Administration
      4. Article 4 — Definitions
      5. Article 5 — Establishment of Zones
      6. Article 6 — Development Standards
      7. Article 7 — Former Development Review Board
      8. Article 8 — Lots
      9. Article 9 — Yards
      10. Article 10 — Streets and Highways
      11. Article 11 — Off-Street Parking and Loading
      12. Article 11.5 — Transportation Demand Management
      13. Article 12 — Signs
      14. Article 12.5 — Lighting
      15. Article 13 — Performance Standards
      16. Article 13.5 — Incidental Outdoor Uses
      17. Article 13.6 — Special Outdoor Use Permits
      18. Article 13.7 — Pedestrian, Transit and Decorative Amenities in…
      19. Article 14 — Fences, Walls, and Hedges
      20. Article 15 — Landscaping
      21. Article 15.5 — Water Efficient Landscaping
      22. Article 16 — Amendments
      23. Article 16.5 — State-Mandated Residential Projects
      24. Article 17 — Variances and Conditional Use Permits
      25. Article 18 — Revocation, Suspension, Modification, and Termina…
      26. Article 19 — Appeals
      27. Article 20 — Design Review Approval
      28. Article 20.5 — Conceptual Development Review
      29. Article 21 — Nonconforming Uses
      30. Article 22 — Fees and Deposits
      31. Article 23 — Hearings: Notices
      32. Article 24 — Publicly-Owned Property
      33. Article 25 — Enforcement
      34. Article 26 — Violations: Penalties
      35. Article 27 — Agriculture-Single-Family Residential Zone (A1)
      36. Article 28 — Single-Family Residential Zone (R-1)
      37. Article 29 — Multiple Residential (M-R)
      38. Article 29.5 — Medium Density Residential (M-D-R) Zone
      39. Article 29.6 — Mixed Commercial/Single-Family Residential (M-C…
      40. Article 29.7 — Housing Opportunity Overlay Zone (HO-O)
      41. Article 30 — Services and Professional Zone (C-S-P)
      42. Article 31 — Open Space and Recreation (OS-R)
      43. Article 31.5 — Historic District (H-D) Zone
      44. Article 32 — General Commercial Zone (C-G)
      45. Article 33 — Commercial Planned Development Zone (CPD)
      46. Article 34 — Manufacturing and Industrial Zones (M-1 and M-2)
      47. Article 34.5 — Specific Plan Zones (SP)
      48. Article 35 — Condominium Zone (C-O)
      49. Article 36 — Standards and Criteria for Residential Condominiums
      50. Article 37 — Adult-Oriented Businesses
      51. Article 38 — Standards for Recycling Facilities, Vending Machi…
      52. Article 39 — Commercial Transition Zone (C-T)
      53. Article 40 — Temporary Uses
      54. Article 41 — Development Standards for Churches and Places of …
      55. Article 42 — Development Standards for the Installation or Con…
      56. Article 43 — Affordable Housing Incentives and Density Bonus A…
      57. Article 44 — Commercial Cannabis Use and Cultivation
      58. Article 45 — Accessory Dwelling Units
      59. Article 46 — Short-Term Rentals
      60. Article 47 — Smoke Shops Prohibited
      61. Article 48 — Mixed-Use Overlay Zone (MU-O)

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