Business Licensing & Operations in Blue Earth County, MN (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Blue Earth County, Minnesota.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Blue Earth County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Adult Entertainment

Blue Earth County Code Sec. 4-91 confines adult uses like adult bookstores, cabarets and adult motion picture theaters to the B-3 highway business and L-1 light industrial districts, requires a 1,000-foot setback from residential property and licensed day cares, and limits hours to 9:00 a.m. through 12:30 a.m.

Blue Earth County Adult Use Zoning and Spacing

Significant Restrictions

Blue Earth County Code § 4-91

(b)Permitted locations.(1)Adult use, principal, shall only be allowed in the B-3 highway business district, and the L-1 light industrial district. Access, parking, screening, lighting and other relevant site-related criteria for all adult uses shall be as set forth in chapter 24, pertaining to zoning.(2)Adult use, principal, shall be located at least 1,000 linear feet, as measured in a straight...

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Tobacco Retail License

Blue Earth County Code Sec. 4-126 requires anyone selling tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco-related devices to hold an annual county license, open only to a fixed-location business, since moveable places of business cannot be licensed. Sec. 4-153 fines a violating licensee $75 for a first offense, $200 for a second and $250 for a third within 24 months, plus a seven-day suspension.

Blue Earth County Tobacco Retail License Rules

Some Restrictions

Blue Earth County Code §§ 4-126, 4-153

(a)Required. No person shall sell or offer to sell any tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco-related device without first having obtained a license to do so from the county. ( ... d)Term. ... All licenses issued under this division shall be valid for one calendar year beginning on the first day of each year and expiring on the last day of each year. ... (g)Moveable place of business. No license...

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