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

Section 7-51 of the Town Code adopts Palm Beach County's adult entertainment licensing ordinance (county ordinance no. of the county code) as the licensing framework for any adult entertainment establishment operating within Jupiter, applicable up to the point it conflicts with the town's own ordinances. On top of that county license, Jupiter's zoning code imposes its own locational controls. Section 27-1947 requires every adult entertainment establishment, regardless of the zoning district it sits in, to meet the property development standards of the Commercial, General District (C-2), and those same C-2 standards extend to industrial districts and the Workplace Subdistrict of the Mixed Use Development District.

Section 27-1948 then sets a 750-foot minimum separation, measured in a straight line between the closest property lines without regard to intervening structures, from another adult entertainment establishment, a church or religious institution, an educational institution, a park, or any residential zoning district. A residential zone, school, church or park that moves in later does not retroactively make an existing establishment nonconforming, under subsection (b). Section 27-1949 forecloses any variance from these distance standards; the town's board of adjustment has no authority to grant one.

An adult entertainment establishment that was lawfully operating before the October 16, 1990 effective date, or before an annexation, but does not meet the current spacing rules is deemed nonconforming under section 27-1950 and must relocate into compliance, or cease operating at that location, within three years of the triggering date. A special exception in an Industrial, General District (I-2) location carries additional conditions under section 27-1951, including low-intensity outdoor lighting mounted no higher than 16 feet and shielded to prevent spillover onto neighboring properties.