Tazewell County, IL Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- Adult establishment license, §150.04
- Issuing official
- Adult Use Commissioner
- Hours limit
- Closed midnight to noon weekdays/Sat
- Closed entirely
- Sundays and legal holidays
- Alcohol
- Prohibited on premises
- Max fine
- $500 per day, §150.99
- License term
- Jan 1 to Dec 31 annually
Summary
Tazewell County requires an adult establishment license to run any adult cabaret, store, theater, body shop, or massage establishment in the unincorporated county, and Section 150.20 caps their hours, bans alcohol on the premises, and imposes detailed operating restrictions under Chapter 150, Adult Uses.
(B) Hours of operation. No adult entertainment establishment shall be open for business at any time between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on any weekday or Saturday. No adult entertainment establishment shall be open for business at any time on any Sunday or on any legal state or federal holiday. ... (L) Alcohol prohibition. No alcoholic liquor of any kind shall be sold, used, consumed, or possessed at any time on any licensed premises or at any adult entertainment establishment.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-7: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. LU-21-12, passed 9-29-2021; and Res. LU-26-09, passed 7-29-2026).
Full Breakdown
05(B). 20 imposes the operating rules that apply to every category the chapter licenses: adult cabarets, adult booths, adult stores, adult theaters, body shops or model studios, and non-exempt massage establishments. and 12:00 noon on a weekday or Saturday, and none may open at all on Sunday or any legal state or federal holiday. Division (L) bars any alcoholic liquor from being sold, used, consumed, or possessed on the licensed premises at any time. Other divisions in the same section prohibit animals other than service dogs, require separate restrooms with no adult materials inside them, bar patrons from non-public storage or dressing areas, ban public nudity and specified sexual activity between employees and patrons, prohibit straddle dances, cap signage at one square foot per foot of lot frontage with a 32-square-foot ceiling and bar temporary signs, prohibit exterior display of adult material, require a manager's station with sight lines to every patron area, and bar gambling devices on the premises. A license is valid for one calendar year running January 1 to December 31.
Violations & Fines
Violating any provision of Chapter 150, including the license requirement in §150.04 or the operating rules in §150.20, is punishable under §150.99 by a fine of up to $500 for each violation, with every day the violation continues charged as a separate offense; the Adult Use Commissioner may also suspend or revoke the license under §150.26.
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