Bonneville County, ID Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed zones
- I&M-2, I&M-3 (bikini bars: C-2 only)
- Spacing between businesses
- 1,000 feet minimum
- Spacing from schools/parks/residential
- 2,500 feet (1,000 ft residential use)
- Application fee
- $100, nonrefundable
- Annual permit fee
- $100
- Permitting authority
- County Planning and Zoning Administrator
- Max penalty
- $300 fine and/or 30 days jail
Summary
Bonneville County confines sexually-oriented businesses to the I&M-2 and I&M-3 zones (bikini bars only in C-2 zones) and bars them within 1,000 feet of each other or 2,500 feet of a school, church, park, youth club or residential zone. Operating without a county permit is a misdemeanor.
The establishment and operation of a sexually-oriented business shall be permitted only in the I&M-2 and I&M-3 Zones, except bikini bars will only be allowed in C-2 Zones, and shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter... No person shall cause or permit the establishment of a sexually-oriented business within 1,000 feet of another such business or within 2,500 feet of any religious institution, school, boys' club, girls' club or similar existing youth organization, or public park or public building, or within 2,500 feet of any property zoned for residential use or within 1,000 feet of any property used for residential purposes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-1: Ordinance 280-26, passed 1-20-2026).
Full Breakdown
03(A)). 03(B)). 04 fixes how those distances are measured: straight-line, ignoring intervening structures, from the closest exterior wall between two sexually-oriented businesses, or from property line to property line for schools, parks, churches and residential land. 09(A)-(D)). 09(F)). 12). 11(A)). 06).
Violations & Fines
Operating a sexually-oriented business without a valid county permit is a misdemeanor under § 114.09(A) and § 114.26, punishable under § 114.99 by a fine up to $300 and/or up to 30 days in the county jail, with each day of continued violation charged as a separate offense. The county may also seek an injunction against unpermitted operation (§ 114.07) and can recover attorneys' fees and costs in any enforcement action (§ 114.99(B)).
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Sources & Official References
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