Irvington, NJ Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

Chapter 650 regulates adult uses in two separate sections with two separate spacing standards. Sec. 650-38A sets the wider buffer for adult entertainment establishments: no adult entertainment establishment shall be located within 500 feet of another such use, nor within 500 feet of a residential use, residential zoning district boundary, school, place of worship, hospital, philanthropic or eleemosynary institution, park, or playground. Sec. 650-39A applies the identical list of protected uses to adult-oriented stores at a tighter 200-foot radius. Beyond spacing, Sec. 650-38 layers on site standards specific to entertainment uses: a 15,000-square-foot minimum lot, fully soundproofed buildings with no noise audible past the property line, no outdoor activity besides parking, and buffer strips of 10 to 15 feet planted with six-foot evergreens and six-foot opaque fencing along abutting properties.

Sign rules for both use types under Sec. 650-38F and Sec. 650-39C ban freestanding, roof-mounted, flashing, neon, and internally illuminated signs, cap a single wall sign at 30 square feet and a hanging sign at 15 square feet, and flatly prohibit any sign depicting sexual activity, genitalia, or breasts. Adult-oriented stores under Sec. 650-39B must display and sell their merchandise entirely within enclosed buildings, mirroring the enclosed-building requirement Sec. 650-38C imposes on entertainment establishments.