Skagit County, WA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

400(2) lists the uses allowed in the Bayview Ridge Heavy Industrial zone, and subsection (2)(d) places adult entertainment in the Hearing Examiner Special Uses category alongside on-site hazardous waste treatment facilities, meaning it cannot be approved administratively. 51. 040, the application must include a narrative describing the proposed use, its days and hours of operation, the number of employees on and off site, the location and size of any signs, how the use will be screened from public view, proposed parking, expected traffic impacts, and how the site will be accessed and secured against trespass.

20, must not adversely affect uses normally allowed in the zone, must be compatible with existing and planned land uses, and must not generate intrusions on the privacy of surrounding property or adverse effects on public health, safety or welfare. 070 gives the Hearing Examiner authority to revoke, suspend, or modify the permit if conditions are not met. 080 requires the property owner to file an annual self-certification confirming the use is ongoing and still complies with the permit conditions. No other zone in the Skagit County Code lists adult entertainment as an allowed use, so operating one anywhere else in unincorporated Skagit County falls outside the zoning code entirely.