DeSoto, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- License
- City license required per business type
- Separation distance
- 1,000 feet from protected uses
- Administering agency
- DeSoto Chief of Police
- Measurement
- Straight line, ignores structures
- Governing sections
- Art. 4.1100, Secs. 4.1104 & 4.1113
Summary
DeSoto requires a city-issued license for each sexually oriented business and makes it an offense to operate one within 1,000 feet of a church, school, residential or historical district, park, library, daycare, or any lot devoted to residential use. The chief of police administers licensing.
(a) A person commits an offense if he operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business within one thousand (1,000) feet of:(1) a church, rectory, or church-related structure;(2) a public, private or parochial elementary or secondary school, or a school zone...;(3) a boundary of a residential district or historical district;(4) a public park, playground or recreation facility, library, daycare center, nursery school or kindergarten; or(5) the property line of a lot devoted to a residential use.
Full Breakdown
Under Section 4.1104(a), operating a sexually oriented business in DeSoto without a valid city license for that specific business type is an offense; applications go to the chief of police with a scaled premises diagram. Section 4.1113(a) makes it a separate offense to operate within 1,000 feet of a church, rectory, or church-related structure; a public, private, or parochial elementary or secondary school or regulated school zone; a residential or historical district boundary; a public park, playground, recreation facility, library, daycare center, nursery school, or kindergarten; or the property line of a lot in residential use. Distance is measured in a straight line under Section 4.1113(d).
Violations & Fines
Operating without a valid DeSoto license, or within 1,000 feet of a protected use, is an offense prosecuted through the police department and municipal court; each type of business requires its own license.
Frequently Asked Questions
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