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

Whitfield County Code Chapter 10, Article II licenses adult bookstores, adult video stores, adult motion picture theaters, adult dancing and erotic entertainment/dance establishments, escort bureaus, lingerie modeling studios, and bathhouses or massage parlors defined by an emphasis on specified sexual activities (Sec. 10-22). Sec. 10-25 makes it unlawful to operate any of these businesses in the unincorporated county without a license. Sec. 10-23(3) bans locating an adult entertainment establishment within 1,000 feet of any single-family or multifamily residence or residentially zoned parcel, within 1,000 feet of a church, school, government building, library, civic center, public park, hospital, nursing home or community club, within 1,000 feet of another adult entertainment establishment, and within 1,000 feet of a business selling alcohol; establishments already operating lawfully as of the May 11, 1993 adoption date are grandfathered as long as their property right continues uninterrupted.

Sec. 00 nonrefundable application fee paid to the county building inspector, who investigates under Sec. 10-30 and, per Sec. 00 fee applies to yearly renewal under Sec. 10-31, due by November 15. Sec. m. Monday through Saturday, all day Sunday, and on Christmas Day. Employees must be at least 21 (Sec. 10-38), and licenses can be suspended for 180 days or revoked by the building inspector, with an appeal to the Board of Commissioners (Sec. 10-37).