Houston County, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

General Code Chapter 3, "Adult Entertainment Establishments," makes it unlawful under Sec. 3-4 to "engage in, conduct or carry on" any adult bookstore, adult motion picture theater or arcade, cabaret, encounter center, escort bureau, adult business or adult dancing establishment "without a license to do so," and Sec. 3-5 separately bars operating any of those premises unlicensed or with a suspended or revoked license. Applicants file with the management services director under Sec. 3-9 and pay a nonrefundable investigation fee set by the board of commissioners.

Sec. 3-10 requires a detailed application: true name, five-year business and criminal history, fingerprints, character references, and a registered engineer's plat showing the premises' proximity to any church, school, park or governmental building. Sec. m. m. Sunday), no alcohol or controlled substances on premises, dancing confined to a platform raised at least two feet, no dancing within ten feet of a patron, no fondling between dancer and patron, and no direct tipping. 5 foot-candles per square foot at all times patrons are present. Separately, Sec.

6-98 (Chapter 6, alcoholic beverages) bars nude or sexually explicit entertainment on any premises licensed to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption in unincorporated Houston County. A license issued under Chapter 3 cannot be sold, transferred or assigned; Sec. 3-11 voids it automatically on any such attempt.