Business Licensing & Operations in Calaveras County, CA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Calaveras County, California.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Calaveras County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Adult Entertainment

Sexually oriented businesses can locate only in Calaveras County's General Commercial (C2) zone, and only with a conditional use permit; Table 17.06.020 bars them outright from the Historic Center, Local Commercial, and Professional Office zones. Every site must sit at least 1,000 feet from any other sexually oriented business and at least 1,000 feet from a park, K-12 school, day care center, youth center, or the county library and its branches.

Calaveras County Sexually Oriented Business Zoning

Significant Restrictions

Calaveras County Code § 17.06.020, Table 17.06.020

Land Use Classification HC C1 C2 CP Additional Regulations ... Sexually Oriented Business - - C - Shall be located a minimum of 1,000 feet from any other Sexually Oriented Business use and a minimum of 1,000 feet from any park, school providing instruction in kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12, day care center, youth center, or county central library and its branches.

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Secondhand Dealers

Anyone who buys or transports scrap metal or junk in Calaveras County must register annually with the sheriff under Chapter 5.20, carry a written certificate proving it, and get a bill of sale for every purchase. Failing to register, carry the certificate, or keep the required bill of sale is a misdemeanor.

Calaveras County Scrap Metal and Junk Dealer Registration

Some Restrictions

Calaveras County Code §§ 5.20.010, 5.20.030, 5.20.050

Any person who engages in the purchase or transportation of scrap metal or junk within the county shall, in each year that such activity is to be conducted and before conducting such activity, register with the sheriff of the county, and shall obtain, and shall keep in his possession at all times that he is engaged in such activity, a written certificate from the sheriff to the effect that such...

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