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

Section 13-08-060 of the Prescott Valley Town Code, rewritten by Ordinance No 2024-947 on 12/11/2024, confines sexually oriented businesses to the IG (industrial; general limited) and IH (industrial; heavy) zones. The definition covers adult arcades, bookstores or video stores, cabarets, enterprises, motels, motion picture theaters, novelty stores, adult oriented businesses, adult theaters and massage establishments, plus any business classified under Town Code section 9-07-020. A business with another principal purpose is still covered if one of its principal purposes fits the definitions.

The 1,000-foot radius protects another sexually oriented business (businesses with a common owner and building entrance count as one), the boundaries of the RU, RL, RM, MH, MF and RS residential zones, day nurseries and preschools, state-licensed child care facilities, elementary, middle, high, secondary and vocational schools, public parks, public libraries, public administrative buildings such as Town Hall and the Municipal Court, public or private recreational facilities, churches, synagogues, temples and mosques, and amusement parks or game centers. Measurement runs from the closest point on the structure where the business is conducted to the closest point on the other building, to the property boundary of an outdoor-use site such as a school, or to the zoning district boundary.

Operating conditions add more. All exterior doors must stay closed during business hours, nothing depicting specified sexual activities can be visible or audible from outside or from areas accessible to minors, and window displays are prohibited. Article 9-07 requires every such business to comply with the Article 8-02 business license and the sexually-oriented business license requirements, post a summary sign near the entrance, and keep a daily log of persons providing Adult Services covering the preceding twelve months.