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Division 8 — SPECIFIC USE DESIGN STANDARDS›Chapter 7 — SEXUALLY-ORIENTED BUSINESSES

88.0701 Purpose and Intent.

Yucaipa Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · Yucaipa

The purpose and intent of this chapter is to regulate, sexually-oriented businesses which, unless closely regulated, tend to have serious negative secondary effects on the community, which effects include, but are not limited to, the following: depreciation of property values and increase in vacancies in residential and commercial areas in the vicinity of sexually-oriented businesses; interference with residential property owners enjoyment of their property when such property is located in the vicinity of sexually-oriented businesses a result of increases in crime, litter, noise and

vandalism; higher crime rates in the vicinity of sexually-oriented businesses; and blighting conditions such as lowlevel maintenance of commercial premises and parking lots, which thereby have a deleterious effect upon adjacent areas. Special regulation of these businesses is necessary to prevent these adverse effects and the blighting or degradation of the neighborhoods in the vicinity of the sexually-oriented businesses.

It is neither the intent nor the effect of this chapter to impose limitations or restrictions on the content of any communicative material. Similarly, it is neither the intent nor the effect of this chapter to restrict or deny access by adults to communication materials or to deny access by the distributors or exhibitors of sexually-oriented businesses to their intended market.

Nothing in this chapter is intended to authorize, legalize or permit the establishment, operation or maintenance of any business, building or use which violates any city ordinance or any statute of the State of California regarding public nuisances, unlawful or indecent exposure, sexual conduct, lewdness or obscene or harmful matter or the exhibition or public display thereof.

Notwithstanding any other provision of Volume II (Land Use and Development) of the Yucaipa Municipal Code, the regulations set forth under this chapter shall apply specifically to sexually-oriented businesses. (Amended by Ord. 196 § 5(part), 2000)

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▸Contents — Yucaipa Zoning Code
Yucaipa Zoning Code
  1. Division 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  2. Division 2 — REVIEWING AUTHORITIES
  3. Division 3 — PROCEDURES
  4. Division 1
  5. Division 2
  6. Division 3
  7. Division 4
  8. Division 5
  9. Division 6
  10. Division 7
  11. Division 4 — LAND USES
  12. Division 6 — PLANNING AREAS
  13. Division 7 — GENERAL DESIGN STANDARDS
  14. ▸Division 8 — SPECIFIC USE DESIGN STANDARDS
    Overview
    1. Chapter 1 — SINGLE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
    2. Chapter 2 — MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
    3. Chapter 3 — MOBILEHOME PARKS
    4. Chapter 4 — COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
    5. Chapter 5 — PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS
    6. Chapter 6 — PAROLEE HOMES
    7. ▸Chapter 7 — SEXUALLY-ORIENTED BUSINESSES
      Overview
      1. 88.0701 Purpose and Intent.
      2. 88.0705 Applicability and Exceptions.
      3. 88.0710 Establishment of a Sexually-Oriented Business
      4. 88.0715 Measurement of Distance.
      5. 88.0720 Misdemeanor Offenses.
      6. 88.0730 Public Nuisance.
      7. 88.0735 Amortization and Regulation of Nonconforming Sexually-…
    8. Chapter 8 — CEMETERY DESIGN STANDARDS
    9. Chapter 9 — SMALL LOT STANDARDS
    10. Chapter 10 — WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
    11. Chapter 11 — EMERGENCY SHELTERS
    12. Chapter 12 — SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY FACILITIES
    13. Chapter 13 — HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
    14. Chapter 14 — LARGE RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
    15. Chapter 15 — BOARDING HOUSES
    16. Chapter 16 — BED AND BREAKFAST LODGES
    17. Chapter 17 — TWO UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR URBAN LOT SPL…
    18. Chapter 18 — ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENTS
    19. Chapter 19 — MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENTS
  15. Division 9 — PLANT PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT
  16. Division 10 — SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
  17. Division 11 — PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING

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