Gilbert, AZ Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

14 sets locational standards for Sexually-Oriented Businesses: distances are measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest property line of the sexually oriented business parcel to the nearest property line of the protected use. A requires 1,320 feet of separation from a day care center, a public park, a place of worship, a residential district boundary, public or private schools, and any single- or multi-family dwelling; 1,000 feet from another sexually oriented business or from an establishment holding an Arizona Series #06 bar or Series #07 beer-and-wine-bar liquor license; and 500 feet from a hotel or commercial lodging use.

On the general-code side, Code of Gilbert § 14-406 makes it unlawful to operate a sexually oriented business without first obtaining and maintaining a license, and Section 14-407 routes the application to the development services manager, who refers it to police, planning, fire and building and code compliance for investigation; Section 14-408 conditions issuance on the planning department certifying the location meets the zoning code, a fire-code-compliant site, and a building-code-compliant interior meeting the manager's-station and lighting standards of Section 14-388. Section 14-409 additionally requires each on-site operator to hold a separate operator license. , and bars consuming or serving spirituous liquor on the premises at any time.