Required; posting.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 28-91
in effectSec. 28-91. - Required; posting.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, manage or conduct any business in an adult arcade or adult mini-theatre unless there is a permit for the adult arcade or adult mini-theatre.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, manage or conduct any business in an adult arcade or adult mini-theatre unless there is a permit for the sexually oriented business enterprise pursuant to section 28-122 of this Code and Tex. Loc. Gov't Code section 243.002.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, manage or conduct any business in an adult arcade or adult mini-theatre unless the permit is posted at the place designated therefor on the diagram submitted with or adopted in the permit application pursuant to section 28-92(c) of this Code and in such a manner that it is conspicuous to patrons of the adult arcade or adult mini-theatre.
(d) In any prosecution under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, it shall be presumed that there was no permit at the time of the alleged offense, unless a permit was then posted as provided in subsection (c), above.
(Ord. No. 97-75, § 2, 1-15-97; Ord. No. 2018-790, §§ 7, 8, 10-3-2018)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH28MIOFPR_ARTIIADARADMIEA_DIV2PE_S28-91REPOFetched: 10/26/2026