Walton County, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

Sections 6-3-140 through 6-3-190 of the Land Development Ordinance build a licensing and spacing scheme around adult entertainment establishments. Zoning comes first: Section 6-3-140 blocks any adult entertainment use, and any license for one, unless the parcel is zoned M1 Light Industrial, M2 Heavy Industrial or B3 General Business and carries a conditional use permit. On top of that zoning floor, a registered surveyor's plat has to show the site clears 1,000 feet, measured airline from property line to property line, from any residentially zoned or used parcel, from a church, kindergarten, school, library, park, playground, day care facility, prison or government building, from any other adult entertainment establishment, and from any premises selling alcohol.

Section 6-3-150 layers a licensing requirement on top of the zoning and spacing test: no one may operate without an annual license from the Department of Planning and Development, an establishment cannot hold both an adult entertainment license and an alcohol license, and the annual regulatory fee is $750, due within ten days of approval and payable again every year the license is renewed. Renewals filed after November 30 draw a 20 percent late charge, and an application received after January 1 is processed as a brand-new application. , and requires the license be conspicuously displayed on the premises.