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Chapter 10 — ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS

10.116 Sale or Transfer of Business.

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

A. No conditional use permit issued pursuant to this article may be assigned or transferred without the prior written consideration and approval of the Planning Commission. The applicant shall apply for a transfer on a form provided by the Director and shall pay a nonrefundable application processing fee in the amount established by City Council resolution. Consideration of the sale or transfer shall be done in accordance with conditional use permit procedures set forth in Section 24.060 of the Zoning Ordinance with the exception of Section 24.060(J) pertaining to transfer rights.

B. Transfer of partnership or corporate ownership. An application for approval of a transfer of a conditional use permit shall be required prior to any change in an interest in a partnership or ownership of ten percent (10%) or more of the stock of a corporation to any person not listed on the application filed by said applicant pursuant to Section 10.100.

C. An application for transfer of an adult entertainment conditional use permit may be denied for any of the grounds specified for denial of an original conditional use permit application in Section 10.110. Procedures for notice of denial of a transfer and appeal thereof shall be identical to those procedures for denial of a conditional use permit application specified in Section 10.110. (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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