Longview, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Buffer distance
- 1,000 feet
- Licensing authority
- Chief of Police
- License term
- 1 year, renewable
- Enforcement
- Criminal offense; license suspension/revocation
Summary
Longview requires a police-issued license for every sexually oriented business, owner, and employee, and bans operating one within 1,000 feet of a church, school, park, hospital, home, or another such business.
A person commits an offense if the person operates or causes to be operated a sexually-oriented business within 1,000 feet of a church, a public or private elementary or secondary school, a licensed child daycare facility, a residential dwelling unit in which one or more persons maintain a residence, a public park, a hospital, or another sexually-oriented business.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: June 2026: This code is current through Ordinances 4635 passed 06.25.26).
Full Breakdown
The city's Chief of Police licenses owners, employees, and clerks of any adult arcade, bookstore, cabaret, motel, theater, tanning salon, escort agency, or similar business, with review completed within 30 days of a complete application. Separately, Sec. 58-138 makes it an offense to operate a sexually oriented business within 1,000 feet of a church, public or private school, licensed daycare, residential dwelling, public park, hospital, or another sexually oriented business, measured in a straight line from building to property line.
Violations & Fines
Operating, working, or locating within 1,000 feet without a valid police-issued license is a criminal offense; the Chief of Police can also suspend a license up to 30 days for noncompliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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