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Title 14›Part 26 — DWSP—Downtown Watsonville Specific Plan District

Chapter 14-24

Watsonville Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-07 · Watsonville

ADULT ACTIVITY REGULATIONS

Sections:

14-24.010 General. 14-24.020 Dance halls and the like. 14-24.030 Adult bookstores and adult motion picture theaters. 14-24.040 Outdoor motion picture theaters.

14-24.010 General.

The regulations specified in this chapter shall be in addition to all other district regulations. (Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)

14-24.020 Dance halls and the like.

No dance hall, road house, nightclub, commercial club, or any establishment where liquor is served or commercial place of amusement or recreation, or any place where entertainers are provided, whether as social companies or otherwise, shall be established in any Residential District, nor shall be established in any other district within two hundred (200') feet to the boundary of any Residential or Recreational District, unless a Special Use Permit is first secured in every case.

within one thousand (1,000') feet of any property, or portion thereof, on which an adult bookstore, or an adult motion picture theater, or a bath or massage parlor establishment as defined in this Code is located and doing business; and

(c) The property, or any portion thereof, on which the proposed use would be located is not within 400 feet of any lot or parcel of property, or portion thereof, which is within a zoned district which designates single-family or multi-family residential uses as permitted uses.

(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)

14-24.040 Outdoor motion picture theaters.

It shall be unlawful to present or exhibit, or to permit the presentation or exhibition of, any motion picture which is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter displaying, depicting, or describing specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined in this title, at any outdoor motion picture theater.

(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)

(Ord. 506-80 C-M, eff. September 11, 1980)

14-24.030 Adult bookstores and adult motion picture theaters.

No Use Permit shall be granted for the purpose of operating or maintaining an adult bookstore or adult motion picture theater, unless, in addition to satisfying all other requirements imposed by this Code, the applicant can establish the following facts:

(a) The property, or any portion thereof, on which the proposed use would be located is not within five hundred (500') feet of any property, or portion thereof, used for an elementary school, junior high school, high school, whether public or private, public playground, church, or public library; and

(b) The property, or any portion thereof, on which the proposed use would be located is not

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(Watsonville Supp. No. xx, 10-25)

14-25.010

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▸ Contents — Watsonville Zoning Code
Watsonville Zoning Code
  1. ▸ Title 14
    Overview
    1. Part 1 — General
    2. Part 2 — Development Permits
    3. Part 3 — Planning Commission and Zoning Administrator
    4. Part 4 — Application Process and Official Filing Date
    5. Part 11 — Appeals
    6. Part 12 — Expiration of Approval of Development Permit
    7. Part 13 — Revocation of Permit
    8. Part 14 — Fees
    9. Part 15 — Rounding of Quantities
    10. Part 6 — Variances
    11. Part 3 — Administrative Review Permit
    12. Part 14 — Fence Permits 14-12.1400 General Provisions.
    13. Part 3 — Administrative Review Permit
    14. Part 4 — Design Review Permit
    15. Part 6 — Variances
    16. Part 12 — Sign Permit
    17. Part 13 — Temporary Use Permit
    18. Part 10 — CCA—Central Commercial Core Area District
    19. Part 11 — CC—Central Commercial District
    20. Part 17 — EM-A-1—Exclusive Agricultural District
    21. Part 1 — General
    22. Part 2 — R-1—Single-Family Residential District (Low Density)
    23. Part 2 — A: R-1P—Single-Family Planned Residential District
    24. Part 3 — RM-2—Multiple Residential District (Medium Density)
    25. Part 4 — RM-3—Multiple Residential District (High Density)
    26. Part 6 — IG—General Industrial District
    27. Part 7 — R-MH—Residential Manufactured Home Park District
    28. Part 8 — PF—Public Facilities and N— Institutional Districts
    29. Part 10 — Reserved
    30. Part 11 — Reserved
    31. Part 12 — CT—Thoroughfare Commercial District
    32. Part 13 — CN—Neighborhood Commercial District
    33. Part 14 — CNS—Neighborhood Shopping Center District
    34. Part 15 — CO—Office District
    35. Part 16 — CV—Visitor Commercial District
    36. Part 17 — EM-A-1—Exclusive Agricultural District
    37. Part 18 — EM-A-2—Interim Agricultural District
    38. Part 19 — EM-OS—Open Space District (Privately Owned Lands)
    39. Part 20 — EM-HP—Historical Preservation District
    40. Part 21 — EM-SC—Special Condition District
    41. Part 24 — EM-H—Hillside District
    42. Part 25 — PD—Planned Development District
    43. ▸ Part 26 — DWSP—Downtown Watsonville Specific Plan District
      Overview
      1. Chapter 14-17
      2. Chapter 14-21
      3. Chapter 14-22
      4. Chapter 14-23
      5. Chapter 14-24
      6. Chapter 14-25
      7. Chapter 14-28
      8. Chapter 29
      9. Chapter 14-30
      10. Chapter 14-35
      11. Chapter 14-40
      12. Chapter 14-41
      13. Chapter 14-42
      14. Chapter 14-43
      15. Chapter 14-44
      16. Chapter 14-46
      17. Chapter 14-47
      18. Chapter 14-51
      19. Chapter 14-52
      20. Chapter 14-53
      21. Chapter 14-54

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