Business Licensing & Operations in Boone County, MO (2026)

Boone County Zoning Ordinance § 2 (Definitions – "Sexually Oriented Business"); § 5.A(19) (M-L Light Industrial District, Conditional Uses)

Sexually Oriented Business: An inclusive term used to describe collectively: adult cabaret, adult motion picture theater, video arcade, bathhouse, massage shop and/or sex shop. Shadow Flicker: Alternating changes in light intensity caused by the moving blades of a wind energy system which cast a repeating pattern of shadows on the ground and stationary objects, such as a window of a dwel...

Boone County Zoning Ordinance §§ 5.A(16), 5.A(19) (C-N Neighborhood Commercial and M-L Light Industrial Districts)

(16) C-N Neighborhood Commercial District Permitted Uses: ... - Personal service uses, excluding massage parlors, but including barber shop, beauty parlor, photographic or art studio, laundry or dry cleaning receiving station and other uses of a similar character ... (19) M-L Light Industrial District Conditional Uses: ... - Massage Parlor

Boone County Zoning Ordinance § 5.A(17) (C-G General Commercial District, Permitted Uses)

(17) C-G General Commercial District Permitted Uses: - Agricultural activity - Any permitted use of the C-N District - Amusement centers and video arcades - Automobile service station - Automobile repair shop - Bar or tavern - Billboards and signs in compliance with Section 25 - Bowling alley or billiard parlor - Display and salesroom - Farm implements, sale and repair - Farm st...