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

The chief of police, not the planning department, runs the permit process. 021 requires fingerprints, five 2-by-2-inch photographs, driver's license and prior business addresses for the past five years, a 20-percent ownership disclosure, and a copy of the lease showing the landlord consents to an adult use on the site. A nonrefundable investigation fee is paid to the finance department before the chief of police will accept the application. 020 sets the 1,000-foot buffers: from any residential zone or use (even across city or county lines), from any religious institution, from any school site, from any other adult related business, and from any public park or recreation area; temporary or portable structures are barred outright.

048 cap exterior landscaping at 30 inches, require a manager station no larger than 32 square feet with a direct sight line to all patron areas, limit individual viewing rooms under 100 square feet to one occupant, and forbid any signage or lighting visible from outside the building. m. 030, or the permit lapses without the stay that a timely filing provides.