Tracy, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed zones
- CS, M-1, GHC only
- Buffer distance
- 1,000 ft from homes, schools, parks, churches, other adult uses
- Permit required
- Adult business use permit (§10.28.808)
- Approving body
- Planning Commission, City Council on appeal
- Violation penalty
- Misdemeanor + permit revocation
- Hours restriction
- Closed midnight-8:00 a.m.
Summary
Tracy confines adult businesses to the Community Shopping Center, Light Industrial and General Highway Commercial zones under Municipal Code Section 10.28.806, and even there bars them within 1,000 feet of any residential zone, school, park, religious institution or another adult business. Operators also need an adult business use permit under Section 10.28.808 before opening, on top of ordinary zoning approval.
(a)No adult business shall be established or located in any zoning district in the City other than: community shopping center (CS); light industrial (M-1); and general highway commercial (GHC); subject to the limitations of this chapter.(b)In those zoning districts where an adult business is otherwise permitted, it is unlawful to establish an adult business if the location, at the time the application is deemed complete, is within a 1000-foot radius of any of the following, either within the City or within an adjacent jurisdiction:(1)A residential zoning district, the residential area of a PUD zoning district, or any legally existing residence;(2)A school, public park or religious institution;(3)Any other adult business.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).
Full Breakdown
28, Adult Businesses, layers a locational buffer on top of a discretionary permit. 806 limits adult businesses to three zoning districts, community shopping center (CS), light industrial (M-1), and general highway commercial (GHC), and then, even inside those districts, prohibits a business from locating within a 1,000-foot radius, measured in a straight line from its nearest exterior wall, of any residential zoning district or legally existing residence, any school, public park or religious institution, or any other adult business, whether the sensitive use sits inside Tracy or in a neighboring jurisdiction. 814. ), open-view interior design, minors' exclusion, and a licensed on-site manager and security guard.
Violations & Fines
Operating an adult business without a use permit, or violating any of the Section 10.28.818 operating conditions, such as staying open past midnight or admitting a minor, is grounds for the Planning Commission to suspend or revoke the permit under Section 10.28.824 after a noticed hearing, and a revoked permit cannot be reissued to the same permittee for 12 months. Separately, Section 10.28.828 makes any violation of the chapter a misdemeanor under Chapter 1.04 and lets the City Attorney or District Attorney pursue the operation as a public nuisance for abatement, removal and injunction.
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