Seminole County, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

90, requires a license for six classifications of business: adult bookstore or video store, adult performance establishment, adult motel, adult theater, commercial bodily contact establishment and escort service. 69(d) allows only a single license per location under a single classification. 00 application fee, credited toward the annual license fee, along with detailed disclosure of the applicant's identity, criminal history for the past five years, fingerprints, photograph and the property owner's notarized consent to the use. 75 routes every application to the Sheriff, Building Official, Department of Health, Tax Collector and Current Planning Office, each of which must report findings within 15 days.

81 gives the County Manager 30 days to issue or deny the license; if neither happens within 30 days, the business may open and operate until a denial issues. 82 lists denial grounds, including a suspended or revoked license held within the prior two years. 81(e). 89 tiers license suspension at 30 days for a first set of three qualifying criminal convictions within two years, 90 days for a repeat, and 180 days for a further repeat, with outright revocation, and a two-year bar on reapplying, for offenses such as knowingly allowing prostitution or controlled substances on the premises. The Current Planning Office separately checks that the site meets the Land Development Code's separation, distance and zoning requirements for these uses.