Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California · General provision

Chapter 22.150, Sections 22.150.050 and 22.150.060

Dimensional standards

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
30%

Servicing

Geographic extent
Adult businesses must be located at least 250 feet from any residence or residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. zone, and at least 500 feet from churches, schools, and parks.

Extracted standards

16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Lighting

  • Exterior lighting

    The entire exterior grounds, including the parking lot, shall be lighted in such a manner that all areas are clearly visible at all times.

Noise

  • Sound insulation

    The premises within which the adult business is located shall provide sufficient sound-absorbing insulation so that sound generated inside said premises shall not be audible anywhere on any adjacent property or public right-of-way or within any other building or other separate space within the same building.

Other

  • Hours of operation

    The adult business shall not operate or be open between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.

  • No landscaping shall exceed 30 inches in height, except trees with foliage not less than six feet above the ground.

  • Within 500 feet of any church, chapel or other publicly recognized place of worship

  • Minimum distance from park500 ft

    Within 500 feet of any park owned by a public entity

  • Minimum distance from residence250 ft

    Within 250 feet of any lot upon which there is located any residence

  • Any property located in a Residential or Agricultural Zone

  • Minimum distance from school500 ft

    Within 500 feet of any public or private school (kindergarten through twelfth grade) or child care center

  • No exterior doors or windows open

    No exterior door or window on the premises shall be propped or kept open at any time during business hours, and any exterior windows shall be covered with opaque covering at all times.

  • No temporary or portable structures

    No adult business shall be located in any temporary or portable structure.

  • Permanent barriers to screen interior

    Permanent barriers shall be installed and maintained to screen the interior of the premises from public view for each door used as an entrance or exit to the business.

  • The adult business will not conduct any massage, acupuncture, tattooing, acupressure or escort services, and will not allow such activities on the premises.

  • Security guard required

    At least one security guard shall be on duty patrolling the premises at all times while the business is open. If the occupancy limit of the premises is greater than 50 persons, an additional security guard shall be on duty.

  • Trash dumpsters enclosed

    Trash dumpsters shall be enclosed by a screened enclosure and shall not be accessible to the public.

Signage

  • Signage restrictions

    Signage shall conform to the standards established for the zone and shall not contain sexually explicit photographs, silhouettes or other sexually explicit pictorial representations.

From the ordinance

No adult business shall be located within 250 feet of any lot upon which there is located any residence... and within 500 feet of any church, chapel or other publicly recognized place of worship...
Chapter 22.150, Sections 22.150.050 and 22.150.060