Cheyenne, WY Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- License fee
- $500 per year
- Spacing from schools/churches/parks
- 1,000 feet
- Spacing between such businesses
- 1,000 feet
- Max per building
- One business
- Max penalty
- $750 fine, 6 months jail
Summary
Cheyenne requires a $500/year city license for sexually oriented businesses and bans them within 1,000 feet of schools, churches, parks, day cares, homes, or each other.
It is unlawful to operate or cause to be operated a sexually oriented business within one thousand (1,000) feet of a church, a public or private elementary or secondary school, a public park or recreation facility, a state-licensed day care center, or any residential zone. Measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or streets, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as a part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted to the nearest property line of the premises of a church or public or private elementary or secondary school, or to the nearest boundary of an affected public park or recreation facility or state-licensed day care center.C.It is unlawful to cause or permit the operation, establishment, substantial enlargement, or transfer of ownership or control of a sexually oriented business within one thousand (1,000) feet of another sexually oriented business.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 73).
Full Breakdown
Under Chapter 5.64, no one may operate an adult arcade, bookstore, cabaret, motel, theater, escort agency, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center without a license from the city clerk ($500/year, Section 5.64.070). Section 5.64.090 bars these businesses from operating within 1,000 feet of a church, school, park, day care, or residential zone, and within 1,000 feet of another sexually oriented business, measured in a straight line between nearest property lines. Only one such business is allowed per building.
Violations & Fines
Operating without a license, or in violation of the location/spacing rules, is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $750 fine, up to six months incarceration, or both; each day is a separate offense (5.64.210).
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