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

Corona Municipal Code Sec. 41. Sec. 140(A) then layers on a 500-foot buffer measured from any residential zone or conforming residential use, church or place of worship, funeral parlor or cemetery, school, nursery, day care center, park or playground, and any other recreational facility where minors congregate. Sec. 140(B) adds a 200-foot separation between adult businesses themselves; where two already sit closer than that, the one with the longer continuous operating history is treated as the conforming use under Sec. 140(C), and all distances are measured in a straight line from the nearest building or structure to the nearest property line.

under Sec. 140(G)(8), and businesses under 150 square feet of viewing-booth space must maintain a staffed manager's station with unobstructed sightlines per Sec. 140(G)(11). Separately, Corona Municipal Code Sec. 030 requires every operator to hold the city's adult business license before opening, with the application disclosing ownership, any fictitious business name, and any prior denial, suspension or revocation of a similar license elsewhere (Sec. 030(B)). Sec. 050 sets the application fee, license fee, police background-investigation fee and annual renewal fee by City Council resolution, and Sec.

060 lets the Police Department, Riverside County Department of Health Services, the Fire Department, Building Department and code enforcement inspect the premises at any time it is open. Sec. m.