Rancho Cucamonga, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed zones
- Industrial zones east of Haven Avenue only
- Spacing from other adult businesses
- 1,500 feet minimum
- Spacing from homes/schools/parks/churches
- 1,500 feet minimum
- Permit required
- Planning commission adult entertainment zoning permit
- Criminal penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine and/or 6 months jail
Summary
Adult entertainment establishments in Rancho Cucamonga are confined to industrial zones east of Haven Avenue and must sit at least 1,500 feet from another adult business, homes, schools, parks, churches and public buildings. Operating without a planning-commission zoning permit is a misdemeanor.
B. Minimum proximity requirements. No adult entertainment establishment shall be established within specified distances of certain specified land uses as set forth below: 1. No such establishment shall be established within 1,500 feet of any other adult entertainment establishment. 2. No such establishment shall be established within 1,500 feet from any existing residential dwelling, residentially zoned property, church or similar place of worship, school or day care facility (public or private), park or playground, recreational facility, hospital, public buildings (e.g., city hall, county offices, courthouse, libraries, etc.), and the right-of-way on Haven Avenue, Milliken Avenue, 4th Street, Foothill Boulevard, and the I-15 freeway.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4999536; v21 updated 2026-07-15).
Full Breakdown
030-1, and bars them entirely west of Haven Avenue. No such establishment may locate within 1,500 feet of another adult entertainment establishment, or within 1,500 feet of any residential dwelling, residentially zoned property, church, school or day care facility, park, playground, recreational facility, hospital, public building, or the rights-of-way of Haven Avenue, Milliken Avenue, 4th Street, Foothill Boulevard, or the I-15 freeway. Distances are measured in a straight line from the closest exterior structural wall of the business to the nearest property line of the sensitive use.
020(D) bars closed viewing booths, cubicles or rooms furnished for private sexual activity, prohibits nudity or sexual activity by customers on the premises, and requires every part of the business to be visible for inspection from the front door at all times. 030); the development standards applied are borrowed from whatever zone and use category the planning director finds most comparable. 010).
Violations & Fines
Operating an adult entertainment establishment without the required zoning permit, or violating any development or proximity standard in Chapter 17.86, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in jail, or both, with each day of continued violation charged as a separate offense (Section 17.86.040(A)). The city may also treat a violation as a public nuisance and pursue civil abatement through a restraining order or injunction (Section 17.86.040(B)).
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Sources & Official References
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