Davis County, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

420 sets the spacing rules: a semi-nude entertainment business cannot locate within 330 feet of a business licensed to sell alcohol, and no sexually oriented business, of any category, may locate within 1,000 feet of a church, school or public playground. 440 limits each premises to one license category (outcall service, adult business, semi-nude entertainment business, or semi-nude dancing agency), except that outcall service and dancing agency licenses may be combined on one site. 450 requires both a general business license and the sexually oriented business license, plus a separate employee license for every dancer, escort, model, or manager working on the sexually oriented side of the business; therapists, licensed medical staff, and licensed educators are exempt.

480 requires a $2,000 cash or surety bond posted with the County Community and Economic Development Department, drawn against to pay fines and replenished to $2,000 within 15 days of any draw. 490 the License Director has up to 60 days to approve or deny a completed application, and can deny it for an under-18 applicant, unpaid taxes or fees, a false answer, a chapter violation within the prior two years, or specified prostitution, obscenity or sex-crime convictions within two years (misdemeanor) or five years (felony). 470, and the consolidated fee schedule lists a $200 sexually oriented business license fee.