Roswell, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Buffer from homes/schools/churches
- 100 yards
- Buffer between adult businesses
- 500 yards
- Allowed zoning
- IX or IL districts only
- Minimum site
- 1 acre, 150 ft frontage
- Annual license fee
- $2,000-$5,000
Summary
Roswell, Georgia bars adult businesses from locating within 100 yards of homes, churches, schools, or parks, requires 500 yards from other adult businesses, and confines them to IX or IL industrial zoning under City Code § 4.1.7.
No adult business shall be located:(a)Within one hundred (100) yards of any parcel of land which is either zoned or used for residential uses or purposes; and(b)Within one hundred (100) yards of any parcel of land upon which a church, school, governmental building, library, civic center, public park or playground is located; and(c)Within five hundred (500) yards of any parcel of land upon which another establishment regulated or defined hereunder is located; and...(f)In any district other than one (1) that is zoned for and meets all requirements of IX or IL.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 17 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
The City of Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, treats adult bookstores, adult video stores, adult movie houses, and erotic dance establishments as land uses requiring both a location clearance and an annual license. Chapter 4 sets minimum distances from residential land, schools, churches, parks, and other adult businesses, confines the use to IX or IL zoning on at least one acre with 150 feet of road frontage, and separately makes it unlawful under § 4.1.5 to operate without a current adult business license.
Violations & Fines
Operating without a valid, unsuspended adult business license, or siting within the prohibited distances, is unlawful under §§ 4.1.5 and 4.1.7 and can block licensing or trigger enforcement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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