Ordinance No. 2300 N.C.S.
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Chapter 10
Adult Oriented Business
10.010 - Purpose
It is the intent of Chapter 10 to prevent problems of blight and deterioration which can be brought about by the concentration of
adult entertainment businesses in close proximity to each other or proximity to other incompatible uses such as schools for
minors, public parks and residentially zoned districts. The City Council finds that it has been demonstrated in various
communities that the concentration of adult entertainment businesses causes an increase in the number of transients in the area,
and increase in crime, and can cause other businesses and residents to move elsewhere. It is, therefore, the purpose of Chapter
10 to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the concentration of adult establishments or their close proximity to
incompatible uses, while permitting the location of adult businesses in certain zone districts.
10.020 – Definitions
It is the intent of Chapter 10 that those definitions and interpretations set forth in the Chapter 27 (Glossary) of the Petaluma
Zoning Ordinance shall apply but only where they do not conflict with any definition or interpretation set forth in Chapter 10.
A. Specified Anatomical Areas. As used in Chapter 10, “specified anatomical areas” shall mean and include any of
the following:
1. Less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic regions, buttocks, anus or female
breast below a point immediately above the top of the areolae; or
2. Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
B. Specified Sexual Activities. As used in Chapter 10, “specified sexual activities” shall mean and include any of
the following:
1. The fondling or other erotic touching, actual or simulated, of human genitals, pubic regions, buttock or
female breast;
2. Sex acts, actual or simulated, including acts of sexual intercourse, oral copulation, sodomy, or bestiality;
or
3. Masturbation,