Pflugerville, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted zone
- GI district; LI only if no GI
- Separation (GI)
- 750 ft from protected uses
- Separation (LI)
- 1,000 ft from protected uses
- Permit
- Specialized Certificate of Occupancy
- Application fee
- $2,500 non-refundable
Summary
Pflugerville confines sexually oriented businesses to general-industrial (GI) zoning and bars any within 750 feet of a church, school, home, park, or another adult business: 1,000 feet if sited in light-industrial (LI). Operating requires a Specialized Certificate of Occupancy carrying a $2,500 application fee.
(A) Sexually oriented businesses are only allowed in general industrial districts (GI) subject to the limitations in this chapter. If at such time there are no GI zoned properties that are outside of the areas outlined in subsection (B) a sexually oriented business is permitted in the light industrial district (LI)... (B) ...an operator commits a violation if the operator operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business within 750 feet, if located in the GI district, or within 1,000 feet when permitted to be located in the LI district, of an existing:...(2) Church;...(11) School.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4904710; v24 updated 2026-05-26).
Full Breakdown
An operator commits a violation if a sexually oriented business opens in any zone other than general industrial (GI), or light industrial (LI) only when no qualifying GI site sits outside the buffer areas. Even in the correct district, the establishment must stand at least 750 feet (GI) or 1,000 feet (LI), measured in a straight line, from an existing church, school, child-care or elder-care facility, dwelling, hospital, public building, public park, residentially zoned land, or another adult business. The city's Building Official issues the mandatory Specialized Certificate of Occupancy; the application carries a non-refundable $2,500 fee, fingerprints, an NCIC/TCIC criminal-history report, and a surveyor's plat of protected uses within 1,500 feet.
Violations & Fines
Operating in a non-industrial zone, inside the 750-foot (GI) or 1,000-foot (LI) separation buffer, or without a valid Specialized Certificate of Occupancy is a violation enforced by the city's Building Official and police department.
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