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Chapter 10 — ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS

10.090 Adult Entertainment Establishment Conditional Use Permit Required.

Petaluma Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · Petaluma

A. Use Permit Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish as defined in Section 10.030, or operate, or cause or permit to be operated, any adult entertainment establishment without first obtaining a conditional use permit as defined and set forth in Section 24.060 of the Petaluma Zoning Ordinance. Such permit shall not be denied on the basis that the business to be established is an adult entertainment establishment, if the establishment is in conformance with the requirements of Chapter 10.

B. Application Deadline for Existing Adult Entertainment Establishments. Any adult entertainment establishment which was already established as of the effective date of Chapter 10 shall have 90 days from the effective date of Chapter 10 to apply for an adult entertainment establishment conditional use permit. (Ord. 2811 § 4, 2022.)

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▸Contents — Petaluma Zoning Code
Petaluma Zoning Code
  1. Chapter 1 — PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY OF ZONING ORDINANCE
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3 — DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
  4. Chapter 4 — ZONE DISTRICTS AND ALLOWABLE LAND USES
  5. Chapter 5 — OVERLAY ZONES
  6. Chapter 6 — FLOODWAY AND FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICTS
  7. Chapter 7 — STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES
  8. Chapter 8 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT
  9. Chapter 9
  10. ▸Chapter 10 — ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS
    Overview
    1. 10.010 Purpose.
    2. 10.020 Definitions.
    3. 10.030 Establishment of an Adult Entertainment Business.
    4. 10.040 Zones for Adult Entertainment Establishments.
    5. 10.050 Minimum Proximity Requirement.
    6. 10.055 Measurement of Distance Between Uses.
    7. 10.060 Nonconforming Establishments.
    8. 10.070 Regulation of Signs.
    9. 10.080 Visibility from Street.
    10. 10.090 Adult Entertainment Establishment Conditional Use Permi…
    11. 10.100 Permit Application.
    12. 10.110 Grounds for Conditional Use Permit Denial/Revocation.
    13. 10.112 Conditional Use Permit Conditions.
    14. 10.114 Conditional Use Permit Valid for Specified Location/Est…
    15. 10.116 Sale or Transfer of Business.
    16. 10.118 New Conditional Use Permit Required.
  11. Chapter 11 — PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES, OFF-STREET
  12. Chapter 12 — DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS MODIFICATIONS
  13. Chapter 13
  14. Chapter 14 — LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING
  15. Chapter 15
  16. Chapter 16
  17. Chapter 17 — TREE PRESERVATION
  18. Chapter 18 — PUBLIC ART
  19. Chapter 19 — PLANNED UNIT DISTRICT AND PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTR…
  20. Chapter 20 — SIGNS AND SIGN STRUCTURES
  21. Chapter 21 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
  22. Chapter 22 — NONCONFORMING USES
  23. Chapter 23
  24. Chapter 24
  25. Chapter 25 — AMENDMENTS
  26. Chapter 26 — ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, ENACTMENT
  27. Chapter 27 — RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BONUS
  28. Chapter 28 — GLOSSARY

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