Little Rock regulates adult-oriented businesses through licensing, location buffers, and operating hour restrictions enforced by the City Treasurer and LRPD vice unit.
Little Rock Code Chapter 12 requires adult entertainment establishments — including adult bookstores, cabarets, and motion picture theaters — to obtain a city business license and meet zoning buffer requirements. Operators must keep premises a minimum distance from schools, churches, parks, and residences. Performers and managers face age and conduct restrictions, and nudity rules align with Arkansas state law on public indecency. The city may suspend or revoke licenses for repeat violations, undisclosed ownership, or criminal activity. Annual renewal includes background checks for principals.
Operating without a license, locating within prohibited buffers, or repeated conduct violations may result in fines, license revocation, and possible criminal misdemeanor charges.
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