Caddo Parish, LA Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

Article VIII of chapter 12 regulates sexually oriented businesses across the unincorporated parish. Sec. 12-250(a) bans locating one within 2,500 feet of a public park or library, a nonprofit educational museum, a bona fide church or synagogue, a public or private elementary or secondary school, a day care center or kindergarten, another sexually oriented business, or a structure containing another such business; Sec. 12-250(b) adds the same 2,500-foot buffer around a residential subdivision or a building site devoted to residential use. Sec. 12-251 measures those buffers in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest wall of the sexually oriented business to the nearest property line of the protected use, or, between two sexually oriented businesses, from exterior wall to exterior wall.

Sec. 12-252 requires an operator to apply to the parish administrator before opening, disclosing the exact nature of the business and the sexual activities to be conducted, plus any location, ownership, and employee information the administrator finds pertinent, including arrest and conviction history. Permits run from January 1 each year, renewal applications are due by November 1, and each application carries a nonrefundable fee set by the parish commission. The administrator must approve or deny within 30 days and, on denial, must give written reasons within 15 days; an applicant may appeal to the parish commission within 30 days of receiving that denial, and the commission's decision is final subject to judicial review.