Pearland, TX Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Strike threshold
- 3 substantiated violations in 12 months
- Notice period
- 10 days to request a hearing
- Hearing notice
- At least 2 business days before hearing
- Reapplication bar
- 12 months after revocation
- Decision deadline
- Written report within 3 business days
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 20-115(a)(3)
Summary
Pearland can deny or revoke a short-term rental permit once an owner racks up three or more substantiated violations of the STR article, or of any applicable federal, state or local law, within a rolling 12-month period. The director must give written notice and a chance to request a hearing before the revocation takes effect, and a revoked owner cannot reapply for 12 months.
(a)Reasons for denial or revocation of permit. The application shall be denied, or a permit may be revoked, if the city finds: ... (3)Three (3) or more substantiated violations of this article, and any applicable federal, state or local law, occurred within a twelve (12) month period; ... (d)Waiting period. An owner whose permit is revoked may not reapply for a new permit for a period of twelve (12) months following a revocation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 28).
Full Breakdown
' The other grounds include zoning noncompliance, false or misleading statements on the application, an outstanding debt owed to the city (excluding ad valorem taxes and special assessments), and operating without registering and paying local, county and state hotel occupancy tax under Texas Tax Code Chapter 351 and Chapter 28, Article III of the city code. Before a permit is revoked, subsection (b) requires the director to notify the owner in writing of the grounds and inform the owner the permit will be considered revoked at the end of a ten-day notice period unless the owner requests a hearing within that window.
A timely hearing request stops the revocation from taking effect until the hearing concludes; the director must give the owner at least two business days' notice of the hearing's time and place, decide based on a preponderance of the evidence, and issue a written report of the decision within three business days. Subsection (c) governs how notice must be served, by hand delivery or certified or registered mail with return receipt. Subsection (d) bars a revoked owner from reapplying for a new permit for 12 months after the revocation. The article was enacted in its current form by Ordinance No. 1611, adopted April 11, 2022.
Violations & Fines
Once the director substantiates the third violation within a rolling 12-month period, the short-term rental permit can be denied or revoked outright, cutting off the owner's ability to legally rent the property until a new permit issues, which cannot happen for 12 months after a revocation. Separately, each subsection of Article IX carries its own fine exposure under Section 20-116, up to the Section 1-11 general penalty, with every day the property is used or advertised as a short-term rental in violation counted as its own offense.
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Sources & Official References
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