Mission, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- School/church buffer
- 1,000 feet
- Residential zoning buffer
- 600 feet
- Fine
- Up to $200 per day
- Permit consequence
- Denied or revoked for violators
- Appeal bond
- $25,000 surety bond
Summary
Mission bars adult commercial establishments and sexually explicit material from operating within 1,000 feet of a church, school, or city property, or 600 feet of any residential zoning district, and blocks city permits for violators.
No person shall distribute or sell to any other person within 1,000 feet of a church, private or public school, any city-owned property, or within 600 feet of the outside boundaries as established in said zoning ordinance of a district restricted to residential use under the zoning ordinance of the City of Mission, Texas, any offensive, sexually explicit material.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 31).
Full Breakdown
Article XIV of Mission's zoning code restricts where an adult commercial establishment can operate and where sexually explicit material can be sold or displayed: at least 1,000 feet from any church, public or private school, or city-owned property, and 600 feet from the boundary of any residential zoning district, with the distance measured in a straight line from the building. The same buffers apply to live sexual activity and paid nude or semi-nude display. Violators face a fine of up to $200 per day, and the city must deny or revoke any permit, conditional use permit, or license held by a business found in violation, unless the operator posts a $25,000 appeal bond.
Violations & Fines
Selling or displaying sexually explicit material, staging live sexual activity, or paid nude/semi-nude display within the 1,000-foot buffer (churches, schools, city property) or 600-foot residential buffer; punishable by up to $200/day and denial or revocation of city permits.
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