Lehi, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Zoning basis
- Development Code § 12.190 zoned areas only
- License required
- General license + sexually oriented business license
- Alcohol setback
- Seminude venues 400 ft from alcohol business
- Alcohol on-site
- Prohibited entirely on premises
- Civil penalty
- $500 per citation plus bond draw
- Criminal penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, per day
Summary
Lehi confines sexually oriented businesses to zones set by Development Code section 12.190 and requires a separate sexually oriented business license plus a bond on top of a general business license. Seminude entertainment venues must sit at least 400 feet from any alcohol-licensed business, and alcohol is banned on the premises entirely.
It is unlawful for any sexually oriented business to do business at any location within the city not zoned for such business. Sexually oriented businesses, including businesses licensed as adult businesses, outcall service businesses or seminude entertainment businesses, pursuant to this chapter, shall only be allowed in areas zoned for their use as set forth in section 12.190 of the city development code... ... It is unlawful for any business licensed for seminude entertainment to be located within four hundred feet (400') of a business licensed for the sale or consumption of alcohol.
Full Breakdown
190. Section 4-5-7 separately requires a general business license and a sexually oriented business license naming the specific category of business, and section 4-5-10 caps each premises at one licensed category, except a single location may hold both an outcall services license and a seminude dancing agency license. Section 4-5-11 extends the licensing requirement to every employee of such a business. Applicants post a cash or corporate surety bond under section 4-5-14, drawn against automatically to pay any fines not paid within ten days of notice, and must replenish the bond within fifteen days of a draw.
Section 4-5-26 bars any seminude entertainment business from locating within 400 feet of a business licensed to sell or consume alcohol, and section 4-5-27 separately prohibits the sale, storage, supply or consumption of alcohol on any sexually oriented business premises at all. Existing businesses got phased compliance windows when the chapter took effect: 45 days for outcall services, 75 days for seminude dancing agencies, and 135 days for adult businesses and seminude entertainment businesses, measured from the effective date or the next license renewal, whichever came first, with an extension available from the city recorder on a showing of unrecouped investment.
Violations & Fines
Section 4-5-37 imposes a $500.00 civil penalty per citation issued by the city recorder, deducted from the posted bond unless paid within ten days or after any appeal, in addition to license suspension or revocation. Every violation of chapter 4-5 is also a class B misdemeanor under section 1-4-1, with each day of continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
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