(a) An applicant or licensee shall permit representatives of the police department, fire department, planning and zoning department, permits and inspections department, and code enforcement department of the city, or the county to inspect the premises of a sexually oriented business for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the law, at any time it is occupied or open for business.
(b) A person who operates a sexually oriented business or his agent or employee commits an offense if he refuses to permit a lawful inspection of the premises by a representative of the city as outlined in subsection (a) of this section, at any time it is occupied or open for business.
(c) The provisions of the section do not apply to areas of an adult motel which are currently being rented by a customer for use as a permanent or temporary habitation.
(Prior Code, § 5-232)
State law reference(s)—Inspections authorized, Texas Local Government Code § 243.008.