Business Licensing & Operations in Worcester County, MD (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Worcester County, Maryland.
Verified from official government sources
Adult Entertainment
In unincorporated Worcester County, Maryland, an adult entertainment business is allowed only by special exception in the I-2 Heavy Industrial District, and its building must stay one thousand two hundred feet from schools, places of worship, parks and other adult businesses. Operating conditions in § PH 1-109 add lighting, visibility and age rules.
Worcester County Adult Entertainment Business Zoning and Spacing Rules
Significant RestrictionsWorcester County Code § ZS 1-213(c)(3)
(3) Adult entertainment businesses. Minimum lot requirements shall be: lot area, forty thousand square feet; lot width, one hundred feet; front yard setback, fifty feet [see § ZS 1-305(b) hereof]; each side yard setback, twenty feet; and rear yard setback, twenty feet; and subject to the provisions of § ZS 1-325 hereof. Furthermore, the following provisions shall apply: A. The closest portion o...
Tattoo & Body Modification
Operating a tattoo establishment in Worcester County, Maryland outside incorporated municipalities takes a permit from the County Commissioners, and every tattooist needs a license and must work under a physician or osteopath. Permits and licenses run three years. A violation is a misdemeanor fined from fifty dollars to five hundred dollars, or up to one hundred eighty days in jail.
Worcester County MD Tattoo Establishment Permit and License Rules
Significant RestrictionsWorcester County Code § PH 1-103
(c) License and permit required. (1) No person shall engage in or carry on the business of operating a tattoo establishment unless he has a valid permit issued by the County Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland, pursuant to the provisions of this section. (2) No person except a physician or osteopath shall tattoo the body of any other person or practice the art of tattooing upon the pers...
Towing Companies
In unincorporated Worcester County, Maryland, every towing service and repair shop that stores wrecked or disabled vehicles must keep each vehicle for no more than ninety days and hold it inside a completely enclosed building or behind a fence, dense landscaping or topography that fully screens it from public view. The rule sits in the zoning title at § ZS 1-331.
Worcester County MD Towing Service Vehicle Storage Rules
Some RestrictionsWorcester County Code § ZS 1-331(b), (c)
(b) Storage of wrecked or disabled vehicles. In addition to the provisions contained in other parts of this Title, every repair shop and towing service storing wrecked or disabled vehicles shall be subject to the following: (1) Storage shall be temporary for a period not to exceed ninety days for each vehicle. (2) All vehicles shall be held within a completely enclosed building or fenced in suc...
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