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

Yucaipa Development Code § 88.0710 limits where a sexually-oriented business can open in the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County. It is permitted only in the IC Land Use District as set forth in Section 84.0370. Within that district, a business shall not be established or located within one hundred feet of any zone or land use district of an adjacent jurisdiction containing the word residential or its equivalent, any residential use or residential zone, any religious institution, any funeral parlor, mortuary or cemetery where religious services are regularly conducted, any school, public park, or public or private playground where minors congregate, or any existing sexually-oriented business. Under subsection (b) these standards also protect legally established land uses in adjacent jurisdictions, and under subsection (d) the application accepted first in time is processed first.

Section 88.0715 measures distance in a straight line, without regard to the boundaries of the city and to intervening structures. Between businesses it runs from the closest point of each business. For residential uses, religious institutions, schools and parks it runs from the nearest portion of the property line of the lot where the business is conducted to the nearest property line of the protected use.

A city license is also required. Section 83.0301220 makes it unlawful to carry on a regulated sexually-oriented business without a valid license for each business, and live performers need an entertainer license. Under § 83.0301225 a separate license is required for each location and must be displayed prominently. Section 83.0301240 makes the license valid for one year, with renewal applications due at least thirty days before expiration. Under § 83.0301245 the application is filed on a form provided by the police chief with a non-refundable fee set by city council resolution. Transfer of ownership or control, or a change of location or name, voids the license immediately (§§ 83.0301230 and 83.0301235).

Under § 88.0720, operating more than one sexually-oriented business in the same building, or a sex supermarket or sex mini-mall, is also a misdemeanor. Under § 88.0735(c), discontinuing the use for one hundred and eighty days ends legal nonconforming status.