Fort Collins, CO Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

12(A) of the Transitional Land Use Code limits adult-oriented uses to the zone districts Article 4 specifically lists as allowing them. 12(B) then bars an adult-oriented use from being established, operated, or maintained within 1,000 feet of the boundary of any residential zone district (inside or outside city limits), any residentially occupied structure, public park or playground, child care center, outdoor or limited indoor recreation use, place of worship or assembly, a school meeting state compulsory-education requirements, or any other adult-oriented use; a lawfully operating adult use is protected from becoming nonconforming if one of those protected uses moves in nearby afterward.

12(C) measures the buffer in a straight line from the nearest property line of the protected use to the nearest entrance of the adult-oriented use, ignoring intervening structures. 12(D) bars displays or advertisements depicting specified anatomical areas or sexual activities from being visible or audible outside the premises and requires openings to be screened. 12(E) freezes adult bookstores, novelty stores, or retail stores that already exceeded 20 percent of stock-in-trade, revenue, interior business or advertising space, or floor/display space in adult material as of June 14, 2002, at those percentages going forward. This spacing and inventory scheme governs applications submitted before May 17, 2024, under the Transitional Land Use Code.