Gwinnett County, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Spacing from other adult uses
- 1,000 feet
- Spacing from residential zones
- 1,000 feet
- Spacing from schools/churches/parks
- 1,000 feet
- Spacing from alcohol premises
- 500 feet
- Coverage
- Unincorporated county only
Summary
Gwinnett County keeps adult establishments 1,000 feet from other adult businesses, residential zones, schools, churches and parks in the unincorporated county.
It shall be unlawful to establish, operate, or cause to be operated an adult establishment in unincorporated areas of Gwinnett County within 1,000 feet of another adult establishment. Measurements for this subsection (b) shall be made in a straight line without regard to intervening structures or objects, between the closest parts of the structures occupied by the two adult establishments. Where an adult establishment is within a multi-tenant development, the measurement shall be to or from the closest part of the tenant space occupied by the adult establishment.(c)It shall be unlawful to establish, operate, or cause to be operated an adult establishment in unincorporated areas of Gwinnett County, unless said adult establishment is at least:(1)1,000 feet from all parcels of land within the following zoning districts referenced in the Gwinnett County Unified Development Ordinance: RA-200, RLL, R-140, R-100, R-75, R-60, R-TH, OSC, R-ZT, RM, RMD, RM-6, RM-8, RM-10, RM-13, RM-24, RL, MH, MHS, TND, R-SR, HRR, O-R, MU-C, MU-N, MU-R, MUR, and MUO;(2)One thousand feet from all parcels of land on which a church, school, college campus, public park, or children's day care facility is located; and(3)Five hundred feet from all parcels of land upon which any establishment authorized to sell alcoholic beverages
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 74-76 bars operating an adult establishment within an activity center/corridor overlay district, community improvement district or tax allocation district, and requires at least 1,000 feet from any other adult establishment. It further requires 1,000 feet from listed residential zoning districts, churches, schools, college campuses, public parks and children's day care facilities, and 500 feet from any premises licensed to sell alcohol for on-site consumption, measured straight-line between closest structures.
Violations & Fines
Establishing or operating an adult establishment in violation of the spacing standards is unlawful under Sec. 74-76; the ordinance is enforced through the county's adult establishment licensing chapter.
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