DISPLAY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL TO MINORS.
Fort Worth Zoning Ordinance § 5.218
in effect§ 5.218 DISPLAY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL TO MINORS.
(a) A person commits an offense if, in a business establishment open to person under the age of 17 years, he or she displays a book, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, film or video cassette, the cover of which depicts, in a manner calculated to arouse sexual lust or passion for commercial gain or to exploit sexual lust or perversion for commercial gain, any of the following:
(1) Human sexual intercourse, masturbation or sodomy;
(2) Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, buttocks or that portion of the female breast below the top of the areola; or
(c) Human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, whether covered or uncovered.
(b) In this section DISPLAY means to locate an item in such a manner that, without obtaining assistance from an employee of the business establishment:
(1) It is a available to the general public for handling and inspection; or
(2) The cover or outside packaging on the item is visible to members of the general public.
(Ord. 16118, § 1, passed 9-14-2004)
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-37781Fetched: 10/26/2026