Business Licensing & Operations in Yellowstone County, MT (2026)
2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Yellowstone County, Montana.
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Adult Entertainment
Yellowstone County treats sexually oriented businesses, adult arcades, adult book or video stores, adult motels, and adult motion picture theaters, as a regulated commercial use under the Zoning Code. Such a business may locate only in the CX heavy commercial, I1 controlled industrial, or I2 heavy industrial districts, and must stay 1,000 feet from any residential or mixed-use zone, school, park, library, day care, or religious institution, and 600 feet from another such business.
Adult Entertainment Business Rules in Yellowstone County
Significant RestrictionsYellowstone County Zoning Code § 27-1005.B.5
(a) A sexually oriented business shall not be operated within 1,000 feet of any of the following: (1) A neighborhood, residential, or mixed-use zone. (2) Any planned development zone that allows residential uses unless such zone is separated from the location of a sexually oriented business by an interstate highway. (3) Land uses: (i) Public library; (ii) Public playground or park (for purposes...
Auto Repair on Residential Property
Yellowstone County's zoning code bars automobile, lawn mower, and other engine repair, welding, or machine shops from operating as a home occupation anywhere in the unincorporated county. Section 27-1009.M.4(b) allows an exception only for a fully mobile service performed at the customer's own location.
Home Auto Repair Rules in Yellowstone County
Significant RestrictionsYellowstone County Zoning Code § 27-1009.M.4(b)
4. Prohibited Uses The following types of uses will not be approved as home occupations: (a) Uses involving large or oversized goods or materials; (b) Automobile, lawn mower, or other engine repair, welding, or machine shops unless the service is offered only at the customer's location (mobile service);
Business Licensing & Operations by City in Yellowstone County
1 cities in Yellowstone County have their own business licensing & operations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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