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

M. Adult Business Minimum Location Requirements. In addition to meeting all requirements of Section 17.28.050 and all requirements of Chapter 5.18 of the Moorpark Municipal Code, an adult business may not be located:

1. Within 500 feet of any property line that is zoned R-1, R-2, R-L, R-E, R-A or any residential structure within another zone, whether inside or outside the city limits; and 2. Within 500 feet of any church, synagogue, mosque or other publicly recognized place of worship, whether inside or outside of the city limits; and 3. Within 500 feet of any public or private school or childcare establishment, whether inside or outside the city limits; and 4. Within 500 feet of any public park or playground, or any city facility, including, but not limited to, City Hall, the city library, and any police or fire station, as measured from the property line of said use; and 5. Within 500 feet of any property operating a business with a Type 40, 42, 48 or 61 on-site alcoholic beverage license; and 6. Within 1,000 feet of any other adult business whether inside or outside the city limits. The distances specified in this subsection will be measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest point of the premises in which the proposed adult business is to be established to the nearest property line of a use or zoning classification listed above. (Ord. 515 § 10, 2023)