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

Adult Business. A Retail Sales and Service Use that includes the following: adult bookstore or adult video store, as defined by Section 791 of the Police Code; adult theater, as defined by Section 791 of the Police Code; and encounter studio, as defined by Section 1072.1 of the Police Code. Such use shall be located no less than 1,000 feet from another Adult Business use. Adult Sex Venue 2 A Retail Sales and Service Use that operates pursuant to Health Code Article 47 2 An Adult Sex Venue may include bathhouse facilities such as pools, tubs, or steam rooms, and is eligible for a Limited Live Performance permit. (Added by Ord. 75-22; see Sec. 102 history note.) Agricultural and Beverage Processing 1. An Industrial use that involves the processing of agricultural products and beverages with a low potential for noxious fumes, noise, and nuisance to the surrounding area, including but not limited to bottling plants, breweries, dairy products plant, malt manufacturing or processing plant, fish curing, smoking, or drying, cereal manufacturing, liquor distillery, manufacturing of felt or shoddy, processing of hair or products derived from hair, pickles, sauerkraut, vinegar, yeast, soda or soda compounds, meat products, and fish oil. This use does not include the processing of wood pulp, and is subject to the operating conditions outlined in Section 202.2(d). (Amended by Ord. 229-17; see Sec. 102 history note.)