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

The ordinance defines the district reach precisely: Section 1001 confines Adult Oriented Businesses to the C-R and IND-1/IND-2 zones countywide, so no AOB can open in the A-General, Rural, R1-43, R1-10 or multi-family R districts even by special use permit. 2 measures every 1,500-foot separation in a straight line from the closest exterior walls of the affected structures, ignoring intervening buildings, terrain or political boundaries, so a dispensary or school just across a jurisdictional line into a town still counts against an AOB site. 3 protects an AOB that is already lawfully operating: a school, church, park or dispensary that later opens within 1,500 feet does not put the existing AOB in violation.

Section 1003 layers on operating conditions once a site is approved: the building or premises may be used solely as an AOB, with no dwelling units, manufactured home or RV parks, hotels, motels, restaurants, night clubs, bars or dance halls sharing the site. Any AOB activity not fully enclosed in a building must be screened from adjoining Rural or Residential lots by a solid fence or wall at least six feet tall, construction must be site-built with drainage and utilities reviewed by the Planning and Development Services Department, no alcohol may be sold, served or consumed on the premises, and parking is calculated using the same ratio the ordinance applies to a restaurant. Section 1004 makes clear the zoning approval does not excuse compliance with any other law.