Victorville, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- City adult-oriented business regulatory permit, Sec. 16-3.23.070
- Residence/school buffer
- 1,000 ft from any residence, school, or day care
- Park/worship buffer
- 500 ft from a public park or house of worship
- Alcohol/adult-business buffer
- 1,000 ft from a bar or another adult business
- Civil fine
- Up to $10,000 per violation for admitting minors
- Permit term
- Regulatory and performer permits expire one year from issuance
Summary
Victorville requires a City-issued regulatory permit before anyone can operate an adult-oriented business, and Sec. 16-3.23.040 keeps those businesses at least 1,000 feet from any residence, school, or day care center, 500 feet from a public park or house of worship, and 1,000 feet from a bar, liquor-selling facility, or another adult-oriented business, measured from the business's primary entrance.
No adult-oriented business shall be established or located anywhere within the City limits of Victorville within: (a)One thousand feet of any residence, including any public housing development;(b)One thousand feet of a school, public or private, from and including preschool through college; a day care center, whether licensed or unlicensed; a public playground;(c)Five hundred feet of a public park;(d)Five hundred feet of a house of worship;(e)One thousand feet of a bar, tavern or facility that legally sells alcoholic beverages; or(f)One thousand feet of another adult-oriented business... (a)No person may engage in, conduct or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises in the City the operation of an adult-oriented business unless the person first obtains and continues to maintain in full force and effect a permit from the City as herein required (adult-oriented business regulatory permit).
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 57).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 040, titled Minimum proximity requirements, bars any adult-oriented business from locating within 1,000 feet of a residence including public housing, a school of any kind from preschool through college, a licensed or unlicensed day care center, or a public playground; within 500 feet of a public park or a house of worship; and within 1,000 feet of a bar, tavern, or any facility legally selling alcohol, or of another adult-oriented business. All distances are measured as a radius from the business's primary entrance to the property line of the protected use, without regard to buildings in between.
Subsection (g) adds a total locational bar covering the City's Civic Center area west of Interstate 15, bounded by Mojave Drive, Amargosa Road, and Palmdale Road. Sec. 070 then layers a licensing requirement on top of the distance rules: no person may operate an adult-oriented business without first obtaining and continuously maintaining an adult-oriented business regulatory permit from the City, and no performer may take part in a live performance involving specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas without a separate adult-oriented business performer permit. to midnight, and an eighteen-inch stage separated by at least ten feet from patrons for live performances.
Violations & Fines
Operating without the regulatory permit, or letting a performer work without the separate performer permit, can lead to permit denial, suspension, or revocation under Sec. 16-3.23.140 after a noticed hearing, plus civil fines up to ten thousand dollars per violation for offenses like admitting a minor under Sec. 16-3.23.190, refusing an inspection under Sec. 16-3.23.200, or using unpermitted performers under Sec. 16-3.23.220. Permittees may appeal a denial or revocation to the City Council and then to court under Code of Civil Procedure Sec. 1094.5.
Frequently Asked Questions
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