Little Chute, WI Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed zoning district
- ID industrial only
- Residential buffer
- 1,320 feet minimum
- School buffer
- 2,640 feet minimum
- Same-business buffer
- 1,320 feet minimum
Summary
Village of Little Chute confines adult oriented entertainment businesses to the ID industrial district and requires 1,320-foot buffers from homes and other such businesses, plus 2,640 feet from schools.
Adult use only bookstores ... and other adult oriented entertainment businesses may be operated or maintained only within the ID industrial district ... No ... adult-oriented entertainment businesses ... shall: a. Be located within 1,320 feet of any residential district as designated within this Zoning Code with an RC, RT, RM, or MH designation; b. Be located within 2,640 feet of a public or private school; c. Be located within 1,320 feet of another adult oriented entertainment business.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Village of Little Chute Code § 44-252 confines adult bookstores, theaters, massage parlors, cabarets, and similar adult oriented entertainment businesses to the ID industrial district, and only along a minor or major arterial road. Such a business must also keep at least 1,320 feet from any RC, RT, RM, or MH residential district, 2,640 feet from a public or private school, and 1,320 feet from another adult oriented entertainment business, measured in a straight line between lot boundaries. The same section bars public nudity and sexual conduct on the premises, limits signage to one on-premises sign with no sexually explicit imagery, and declares a violation a public nuisance per se.
Violations & Fines
Operating outside the ID district or inside a buffer zone is a public nuisance per se; the village board or an affected property owner may sue to enjoin the violation, per the zoning enforcement provisions of section 44-466.
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