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City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

27.63.030 SPECIAL REGULATIONS.

(a) In those land use districts where the adult entertainment businesses regulated by this chapter would otherwise be permitted uses, it is unlawful to establish any such adult entertainment business if the location is:

(1) Within five hundred feet of any area zoned for residential use;

(2) Within one thousand feet of any other adult entertainment business; or

(3) Within one thousand feet of any public or private school, park, playground, public building, church, any noncommercial establishment operated by a bona fide religious organization, or any establishment principally characterized by the offering of goods or services to minors.

(b) The establishment of any adult entertainment business includes the opening or reopening (closed for any such reason) and any transfers of the business as a new business, the relocation of such business, or the conversion of an existing business location to any adult entertainment business use.