Conroe, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit
- SOBP required, all enterprises
- Separation
- 1,500 ft from homes, schools, churches
- SOB clustering
- Max 2 others within 2,000 ft
- Penalty
- Class A misdemeanor
- Class I term
- One-year permit
Summary
Conroe requires a sexually oriented business permit for every adult enterprise and bars any location within 1,500 feet of a home, school, church, park, day care, hospital, or public building.
A certification that the proposed enterprise will be located: a. A minimum of 1,500 feet from any child care facility, school, dwelling, hospital, public building, public park, or church or place of religious worship; b. A minimum of one mile from a penal institution as defined by the Penal Code; c. Not more than two other class I enterprises are located within a distance of 2,000 feet of the proposed location;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 85).
Full Breakdown
No one may run a Class I or Class II sexually oriented business anywhere in Conroe without a valid sexually oriented business permit (SOBP) from the city administrator under Code of Ordinances section 18-271. The applicant must certify under section 18-274(e)(4) that the site sits at least 1,500 feet from any child care facility, school, dwelling, hospital, public building, public park, or church, at least one mile from a penal institution, and that no more than two other Class I enterprises lie within 2,000 feet. Distances are measured building-to-building in a straight line and count uses across the city line into unincorporated Montgomery County. Class I permits run one year.
Violations & Fines
Operating without a permit is a public nuisance the city attorney can enjoin, and any violation of the article is a Class A misdemeanor under section 18-252(c), punishable in Texas by up to a $4,000 fine and up to one year in jail.
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