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Business Licensing & Operations in San Angelo, TX (2026)

4 verified business licensing & operations rules for San Angelo, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Adult Entertainment

San Angelo requires every adult entertainment enterprise to sit at least 1,000 feet from a church, school or another adult entertainment enterprise, and at least 500 feet from any residentially zoned lot or public park, under Zoning Ordinance Sec. 403. The Planning Director reviews a certified site plan, and City Council can grant a locational exemption in limited cases.

San Angelo Adult Entertainment Spacing Rules

Significant Restrictions

San Angelo, TX, Zoning Ordinance Sec. 403 (Adult Entertainment Enterprise/Sexually Oriented Businesses)

A.Location. All structures housing adult entertainment enterprises shall be located as follows.1.At least 1000 feet from the property boundary line of any lot used for church purposes, or any lot occupied by a public or private school having a curriculum equivalent to an elementary or secondary school (including outdoor athletic and recreation facilities directly associated with such a school)....

Secondhand Dealers

San Angelo requires every secondhand goods dealer, including pawnbrokers, junk and salvage dealers and flea market vendors, to keep a chief-of-police-approved daily transaction ledger, hold purchased items 10 days, and refuse tampered or minors' goods without parental consent.

San Angelo Secondhand Goods Dealer Rules

Some Restrictions

San Angelo, TX, Code of Ordinances sec. 5.03.001, sec. 5.03.002

Secondhand goods dealer. Any person who engages, whether full- or part-time, in the business of buying, selling, trading, leasing, accepting for sale on consignment, accepting for deposit in pledge for any purpose, accepting for auction, or auctioning any secondhand goods. The term "secondhand goods dealer" shall specifically mean, but not be limited to, any pawnbroker, salvage or junk dealer, ...

Auto Repair on Residential Property

San Angelo will not let a repair shop of any kind operate as a home occupation. Sec. 413.B.2.d of the Zoning Ordinance excludes 'any form of repair shop' from the home occupation category outright, so residential auto repair, even minor paid tune-ups, has to move to a commercially zoned lot.

San Angelo Home-Based Auto Repair Ban

Heavy Restrictions

San Angelo, TX, Zoning Ordinance Sec. 413.B.2.d (Home Occupations)

2. Allowable home occupations shall not include the following. a. Hair cutting or styling shops, nail salons or other beauty or cosmetic-related business. b. Tattoo parlors. c. Pet grooming. d. Any form of repair shop. ... In order to provide peace, quiet and domestic tranquility within all residential neighborhoods within the City and in order to help all residents gain freedom from excessive ...

Towing Companies

San Angelo bars wreckers from driving to a crash scene unless police or public safety communications called them, bans street-level solicitation of towing business, and routes any driver who cannot name a wrecker company to the city's rotation contract.

San Angelo Wrecker Service Rules

Significant Restrictions

San Angelo, TX, Code of Ordinances sec. 5.10.054, sec. 5.10.055

Sec. 5.10.054 - Uncalled wrecker prohibited; exception. No person shall drive a wrecker to or near the scene or situs of an accident or collision within the corporate limits of the city, unless such person has been called to the scene by the city police department or the public safety communications department; provided that, when it is necessary to render first aid or to prevent death or bodil...