Arvada, CO Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

Section 22-51 sets Arvada's adult-business spacing rules: it is unlawful to operate an adult business within 750 feet of a church, school, child care facility, public park, or residential property, measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures from the closest exterior wall to the nearest property line of the protected use. A separate 1,000-foot buffer bars locating within that distance of another adult business or a massage parlor, measured wall to wall. Only one adult business may operate per building or structure.

An adult business lawfully operating before these rules is not made nonconforming just because a church, school, or residential use later moves within 750 feet, but a business that ceases operating for 30 or more days loses the right to reopen at that location. title 12, articles 46 or 47) before conducting an adult business, refundable if withdrawn or denied. 00 nonrefundable application fee under § 22-54 and an investigation fee under § 22-55. The city clerk must approve or deny within 60 days under § 22-56, and hours are separately capped under § 22-62.