Definitions
San Diego Municipal Code § 33.2802
in effect§33.2802 Definitions
For purposes of this Division:
“Adult entertainment establishment” includes any business that is characterized by an emphasis on depicting, describing or showing specified sexual activities, or specified anatomical areas. It includes any establishment regulated in Section 141.0601 of this Code.
“Nude” means being devoid of an opaque covering which covers the genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anus or anal region of any person, or any portion of the female breast at or below the areola.
“Nude entertainment” means any live performance or activity where a nude person provides services, including, but not limited to, talking, reading, listening, singing, posing, walking, dancing, or wrestling.
“Outcall nude entertainment business” means any person who, for a fee, commission, hire, reward or profit, furnishes or offers to furnish an outcall nude entertainer, as defined in this section, for any individual or group at a location other than a fixed business establishment licensed to provide nude entertainment. It includes businesses that provide outcall nude entertainers such as lingerie models and strippers. “Outcall nude entertainer” includes strippers for bachelor and bachelorette parties, lingerie models, and other similar entertainers. It includes any person who entertains while nude or whose performance is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis upon the display of specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities.
“Specified anatomical areas” means and includes less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areolae, or human male genitals in a discernible turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
“Specified sexual activities” means and includes the fondling or other touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus, or female breasts; sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy; masturbation, actual or simulated; or excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities set forth above.
(“Purpose and Intent” renumbered to Sec. 33.2801; “Definitions” renumbered from Sec. 33.2804 and amended 10-30-2000 by O-18875 N.S.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter03/Ch03Art03Division28.pdf#page=1Fetched: 10/28/2026