Cedar Park, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- Yes, city SOB license
- Allowed zoning
- Heavy industrial (HI) only
- Buffer distance
- 1,000 feet
- Max criminal penalty
- $4,000 + 1 year jail
- Max civil fine
- $2,000 per day
Summary
Cedar Park requires a city license to operate a sexually oriented business and confines them to heavy industrial zoning, at least 1,000 feet from churches, schools, parks, homes and other such businesses.
A person commits a violation if that person operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business in any zoning district other than a heavy industrial (HI) district as defined and described in chapter 11, zoning, of this code.
(b) A person commits a violation if he operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business within one thousand (1,000) feet of:
(1) A religious institution including a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or building which is used primarily for religious worship and related religious activities;
(2) A public or private educational facility including, but not limited to, child day care facilities, nursery schools, preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, private schools, intermediate schools, junior high schools, middle schools, high schools, vocational schools, secondary schools, continuation schools, special education schools, junior colleges and universities. The term school includes the school grounds, but does not include facilities used primarily for another purpose and only incidentally as a school;
(3) A boundary of a residential district as defined by chapter 11, zoning, of this code;
(4)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4973212; v14 updated 2026-06-25).
Full Breakdown
Article 4.07 of the Cedar Park Code makes it an offense to operate a sexually oriented business without a city license, applied for through the Police Chief's office (§ 4.07.006). Separately, § 4.07.014 confines these businesses to the heavy industrial (HI) zoning district and bars them within 1,000 feet of a religious institution, school, park, residential district boundary, another sexually oriented business, or alcohol-licensed premises, measured in a straight line. Applicants must submit fingerprints or a Social Security number, proof of age, and a scaled floor diagram; violations carry criminal and civil penalties.
Violations & Fines
Operating unlicensed, in the wrong zoning district, or within the 1,000-foot buffer is a class A misdemeanor, up to $4,000 and a year in jail, plus civil fines up to $2,000 per day.
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