Boulder County, CO Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

Ordinance No. 94-1 regulates any establishment open to the public where people appear in a state of nudity to entertain patrons, whether or not it's licensed to serve alcohol, calling these Adult Entertainment Establishments. Nudity is defined to include exposing the female breast below the top of the areola, or the pubic hair, anus, cleft of the buttocks, vulva, or genitals. No one under 21 may be admitted, and that age floor also applies to employees, agents, servants, or independent contractors working while nude entertainment is being presented.

to midnight, Monday through Saturday; Sundays are excluded entirely. No such establishment may operate within 1,000 feet of any church, school, daycare center, preschool, or residence, measured from the nearest point of access to the establishment's structure to the closest property line of the protected use, and nudity itself must stay inside the fully enclosed portion of the building. Establishments already operating in violation of the 1,000-foot spacing rule when the ordinance took effect got a six-month amortization period to come into compliance or shut down. A landowner or lessee who knowingly lets an Adult Entertainment Establishment violate the spacing rule on their property is separately liable. § 16-13-302.