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

64 permits sexually oriented businesses only in the L-M Limited Manufacturing, M-1 Light Manufacturing and M-2 zones (Sec. 030), and even there the businesses must clear tight locational buffers. 040 bars a sexually oriented business from sitting within 500 feet of another sexually oriented business or of any residentially zoned lot, and within 1,000 feet of an educational institution, a church, or a public park or recreation facility; distances run from the building itself to the closest lot line of the protected use. m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday, alcohol sales are prohibited on the premises, minors are barred entirely, exterior windows must be covered with opaque material, and any business with an occupancy over fifty persons must staff at least two uniformed security guards.

Live-entertainment venues must keep patrons at least six feet from a stage that sits at least eighteen inches above the floor, behind a rail at least thirty inches high, with no physical contact between entertainers and patrons. A commercial enterprise devoting 24 percent or less of its display area and gross receipts to sexually oriented material is not classified as a sexually oriented business at all (Sec. 100), but must still cover such material to conceal it from minors. Applications are decided by the community development director within five working days, with appeal rights running to the planning commission, the city council, and ultimately judicial arbitration (Sec. 110).