Fayetteville, NC Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

Sec. 15-92 defines the licensed uses and the acts covered, including specified sexual activities and specified anatomical areas. Sec. 15-93 requires the annual license, a sworn application stating names, addresses and ages of owners, partners or corporate officers and employees, a fee under the council's fee schedule, and a police investigation of compliance with the article, the Code and state statutes; licenses run in addition to any other required license. Sec. 15-94 bars issuing a new license, absent specific council authorization, to anyone who was the licensee, an employee, partner or a corporate officer/director/principal stockholder of a business whose license was previously revoked.

Sec. 15-95 sets the license term as the fiscal year, July 1 through June 30, renewable on a fee and re-investigation. Sec. 15-96 lets a denied applicant appeal to the city council within ten days, with a public hearing within 15 days on whether issuance would be detrimental to public health, morals, safety or welfare. Sec. 15-97 lets the council revoke a license by majority vote if an interested party is convicted of a specified criminal act, such as prostitution, pandering or distributing obscene materials, with the city attorney giving 20 days' notice before a public hearing; the licensee may surrender the license and waive the hearing. Sec. 15-98 makes operating any of the three use types without a currently valid license unlawful.