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

" Table 405-2 sets minimum airline distances from an operating adult entertainment use: 2,500 feet from child care centers, nursery schools, pre-kindergartens, kindergartens, public or private elementary/middle/high schools, and public libraries; 1,500 feet from places of worship, public parks, another adult entertainment establishment, and any establishment with an on-premises alcohol license, pawnshop, pool or billiard hall, or coin-operated amusement business; and 1,500 feet from commercial recreation, community facilities, recreation/open space, or residential zoning district boundaries. The LDC states plainly that "variances to the locational standards of this subsection shall not be allowed," and an applicant must furnish a survey from a Florida-licensed surveyor showing every distance, with disputes resolved by the city's GIS database at the applicant's expense.

On the licensing side, City Code section 11-139 makes it unlawful to operate "without first having been issued an adult entertainment license by the occupational licensing section," limits each establishment to a single license classification chosen from nine categories (adult bookstore, theater, dancing establishment, domination/submission parlor, motel, encounter/modeling studio, massage establishment, nude entertainment establishment, or other adult use), and bars holding more than one classification. Section 11-136 blocks license approval until land development code zoning compliance is verified and the zoning official notifies the occupational licensing section. Section 11-150 separately bans alcoholic beverages at licensed premises.