Chino Hills, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted zones
- Freeway commercial north, general commercial north
- Permit issuer
- City Manager
- Decision deadline
- 60 days from complete application
- Operating hours ban
- 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
- Minimum age
- 18, patrons and employees
- Security guard
- Required whenever live entertainment offered
Summary
Chino Hills confines adult-oriented businesses to the freeway commercial north area and general commercial north area of the city and requires a separate adult-oriented business permit from the City Manager before one can open. Permitted businesses cannot operate between 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., must bar entry to anyone under 18, and face detailed operating standards under Municipal Code Chapters 5.08 and 16.46.
Adult-oriented businesses shall only be established and operated within the freeway commercial north area and the general commercial north area.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
040 states plainly: "Adult-oriented businesses shall only be established and operated within the freeway commercial north area and the general commercial north area," confining these uses to two specific commercial zoning areas rather than allowing them citywide. 040). 050). 060(A)-(B)). 060(B)(9)-(10)).
Violations & Fines
Operating outside the two permitted commercial areas, without a valid permit, or in violation of any development or operational standard in § 5.08.060 is grounds for permit revocation under § 5.08.070 and § 5.08.110, including repeat violations of the same requirement within 12 months. The City Manager must give written notice before revoking a permit, and the permittee has 20 days to appeal before revocation becomes effective; an unpermitted adult-oriented business is also subject to the code's general misdemeanor penalty under § 1.36.020.
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