Fee imposed; records.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 28-322
in effectSec. 28-322. - Fee imposed; records.
(a) A $5.00 fee is hereby imposed for each entry by a customer admitted into an adult establishment within the corporate limits of the city. For more than one entry by the same customer on the same day at the same location, it shall be presumed to have been one entry by the customer and the fee amount due for that customer is $5.00.
(b) For purposes of this article, a business day begins when the adult establishment opens and continues until the close of business.
(c) An adult establishment shall record daily the number of customers admitted to the business. The adult establishment shall maintain a record of the number of customers admitted to the business in the same manner required for such records pursuant to Section 102.052, Texas Business and Commerce Code, and as the same may be hereafter amended from time to time.
(d) An adult establishment is not required to impose the fee on a customer of the business. An adult establishment that chooses to recover the fee separately from its customers by including a stated charge for the fee on the customer check or invoice must clearly identify the charge as a reimbursement.
(e) An adult establishment that provides live nude or semi-nude entertainment on occasion but does not regularly or habitually provide such entertainment, such as hosting a wet t-shirt contest or naked sushi contest, is required to collect the fee for the day on which such entertainment is provided.
(f) An adult establishment shall file a quarterly statement even if there is no fee to report.
(Ord. No. 2012-597, § 2, 6-26-2012)
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_ARTXIADES_S28-322FEIMREFetched: 10/26/2026