Alhambra, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

030). 050, which sets hard locational limits: an adult business cannot sit within 500 feet of any RL, RM or RH zoned property or any lot with an actual residential use inside or outside city limits, within 500 feet of a place of religious worship, within 500 feet of a K-12 school or child care establishment, within 500 feet of a public park, playground or city facility such as city hall, the library, or a police or fire station, or within 500 feet of a property holding a Type 40, 42, 48 or 61 on-site alcoholic beverage license.

Adult businesses also cannot cluster: none may locate within 1,000 feet of another adult business, inside or outside Alhambra's boundaries. These distances are measured against uses both inside and outside the city, so a qualifying use just across the Monterey Park, San Gabriel or unincorporated Los Angeles County line still triggers the buffer. 50 covering exterior lighting, soundproofing, age restrictions and hours. 060(A)(1). 050 distance requirements cannot lawfully operate anywhere in the city, since Alhambra's built-out commercial corridors leave little land clear of all six buffers at once.