Georgetown, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed by-right district
- Industrial (I) only
- Allowed by special permit
- C-1, C-2A, C-2B districts
- Residential/church/school/park setback
- 600 feet
- Spacing from other SOBs
- 1,000 feet
- License required
- Yes, under § 6.30.070
- Exempt
- State-licensed massage/medical professionals
Summary
Georgetown confines sexually oriented businesses to Industrial-zoned property, or to Commercial districts by special permit, under City Code Section 6.30.030. Every such business must sit at least 600 feet from any residential property line, church, school or park, and 1,000 feet from any other sexually oriented business, on top of the separate license required under Section 6.30.070.
A.The location of sexually oriented businesses is allowed in the Industrial (I) Zoning District, subject to the distance and licensing requirements of this chapter, and applicable zoning ordinance requirements. The location of sexually oriented businesses is allowed by special permit in the following zoning districts: Local Commercial (C-1); Commercial, First Height (C-2A); and Commercial. Second Height (C-2B) and subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter.B.Each structure housing a sexually oriented business shall be located at least 600 feet from the property line of any residentially-zoned property, or from the property line of any lot used for church, school or park purposes, and shall be located 1,000 feet from any structure housing a sexually oriented business. For the purposes of this section, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, 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, school, park, residential district.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 32 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 15).
Full Breakdown
010. 030(A) allows such businesses by right only in the Industrial (I) district, and by special permit in the Local Commercial (C-1), Commercial First Height (C-2A) and Commercial Second Height (C-2B) districts, subject to the chapter's licensing rules and the Unified Development Code. 030(B) layers on distance separation: 600 feet from the property line of any residentially-zoned lot or any lot used for a church, school or park, and 1,000 feet from any other structure housing a sexually oriented business, measured in a straight line from the nearest point of the business premises to the nearest property line of the protected use, ignoring intervening buildings.
030(C): signage must meet the City's normal sign code and cannot advertise specified sexual activities or anatomical areas, graphically or verbally. 100 and can deny a license for disqualifying criminal convictions, unpaid City debts or a false application. 060.
Violations & Fines
Operating a sexually oriented business without the Section 6.30.070 license, or outside the zoning and spacing rules of Section 6.30.030, exposes the operator to criminal prosecution and a City suit for injunction under Section 6.30.190. The City Manager can suspend or revoke a license under Section 6.30.150 for a chapter violation, gambling on the premises, or refusing a lawful inspection, with revocation appealable to the City Council within ten days.
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