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

Section 3-14-4 makes it unlawful to conduct an adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, sexual encounter establishment or nude model studio without an annual adult business license, which costs $500 and is non-refundable even if the application is withdrawn or denied. Section 3-14-5 requires the applicant to file with the City Clerk, naming every principal owner, manager and employee, along with corporate or partnership formation documents, a legal description and address of the proposed location, proof of the right to possess the premises, government-issued identification, and a floor plan showing an unobstructed sight line from a manager's station to every patron area.

Section 3-14-3 bars operating an adult business within 500 feet of a church, a school or childcare facility, a public park (not including trails), a licensed massage parlor, or a community correctional facility, and within 1,000 feet of another adult business or a massage parlor as defined by Colorado Revised Statutes, measured in a straight line from the closest exterior wall. Only one adult business may operate per building. A business lawfully operating when the spacing rule took effect may continue for six months, or longer if the zoning administrator finds the owner has not recovered its initial investment, but it loses that grandfathered status if it voluntarily closes for 180 days or more.