LACO Title 22.140.300 zones adult businesses only outside 1,000-foot buffers from schools, churches, parks, and homes in unincorporated areas. Title 7.18 requires a Sheriff business license with operator background check before any adult arcade, cabaret, or bookstore can open.
Unincorporated LA County treats adult-oriented businesses as sensitive uses under Planning Code Title 22.140.300, prohibiting them within 1,000 feet of schools, places of worship, public parks, libraries, day-care centers, or residential zones, plus 500 feet from another adult business. Operators must also secure a Sheriff-issued business license under Title 7.18 covering managers, performers, and the premises, including LASD background investigation and fingerprinting. Open-booth sightline rules mirror City of Renton standards. Hours, signage, and exterior advertising are capped. Incorporated cities like Long Beach and Pomona have their own adult-use codes; the county scheme controls only in unincorporated communities such as East LA, Florence-Graham, and Walnut Park.
Operating without LASD permits or inside a buffer is a misdemeanor under LACO Title 1.25, with fines up to $1,000 and six months jail per day, plus zoning abatement, license revocation, and injunction.
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