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Title 8 — HEALTH AND SAFETY

Rohnert Park Municipal Code Ch. 8.39 Adult Business Locations

Rohnert Park Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Rohnert Park

Cite as: Rohnert Park Municipal Code Chapter 8.39 · Text as of 2026-10-04

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Editor's note— Ch. 8.39 has been retitled as set out herein, at the editor's discretion, from "Adult Businesses - Locations" as given in Exh. B to § 4 of Ord. No. 887, adopted May 26, 2015, for purposes of clarity and consistency with related chapter titles.

8.39.010 - Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to establish regulations applicable to the location of adult businesses within the city. The words and phrases used in this chapter are governed by the definitions contained in Chapter 8.37 of this code.

(Ord. No. 887, § 4(Exh. B), 5-26-2015)

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8.39.020 - Locational requirements.

A. Permitted Districts. Adult businesses are permitted in the limited industrial (I-L) district described in Section 17.06.090 of this code.

B. Locational Standards. Adult businesses may not be located:

  1. Within one thousand feet of any publicly recognized place of religious worship, whether inside or outside of the city limits;

  2. Within one thousand feet of any public or private school (grades K—12) or child care establishment, whether inside or outside the city limits;

  3. Within one thousand feet of any public park, golf course, playground, or similar recreational facility.

The distances specified in this subsection will be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest point of the parcel on which the proposed adult business is to be established to the nearest property line of a use or zoning classification listed above.

C. [Permit Required.] Adult businesses must obtain and maintain an adult business permit in compliance with all applicable requirements of Chapter 8.37 of this code.

(Ord. No. 887, § 4(Exh. B), 5-26-2015)

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