Rapid City, SD Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

020: adult arcades; adult bookstores, novelty stores or video stores; adult cabarets; adult motels; adult motion picture theaters; adult theaters; escort agencies; and nude model studios. 030, three separate licenses are required: one to own, manage or operate the business itself; one for each individual escort; and operators may not employ an unlicensed escort. 040 gives Rapid City 30 days to process a completed application and requires denial if the applicant lied on the form, is under 18, owes the city money, was denied or revoked within the preceding 24 months, or was convicted of a specified criminal activity (prostitution, obscenity distribution, child pornography, indecent exposure and similar offenses) within 2 years for a misdemeanor or 5 years for a felony.

050 sets a $400 non-refundable application and investigation fee plus a $200 license fee for the business, and a $50 fee for each escort license. 070; a denied renewal locks the applicant out for a full year. 100. Businesses showing sexual content on the premises must also submit a diagram limiting any manager's station to 32 square feet with an unobstructed sight line to all patron areas.