North Port, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)
Key Facts
- Zoning
- CG-S district only, conditional use
- Permit fee
- $2,000 annual, nonrefundable
- Adult-use spacing
- 1,000 feet from another adult use
- Sensitive-use spacing
- 1,000 ft of church, school, park
- Variances
- none allowed from location rules
Summary
North Port requires a $2,000 annual adult use permit and confines adult businesses to the CG-S zoning district, 1,000 feet from any other adult use.
All adult uses are permissible by conditional use in only the CG-S Zoning District. No adult use may be established within 250 feet along the same right-of-way or 150 feet along an intersecting right-of-way to any real property zoned AG, CG, GU, OPI, PCD, RSF, RTF, RMF, RMH, nor within 1,000 feet along rights-of-way of any church/synagogue, school, child care center, or public or private park. No adult use may be established within 1,000 feet of any other adult use...
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of the City: Supplement 65 | Unified Land Development Code: Supplement 22).
Full Breakdown
An adult use (adult store, theater, modeling/photographic studio, special cabaret, or physical culture establishment) may operate only by conditional use in the CG-S zoning district, and only after the city's development services department grants an adult use permit for a $2,000 nonrefundable annual fee. No adult use may sit within 1,000 feet of another adult use, within 250 feet along the same right-of-way (150 feet on an intersecting one) of AG, CG, GU, OPI, PCD, RSF, RTF, RMF, or RMH-zoned land, or within 1,000 feet of a church, school, child care center, or public/private park. No more than one adult use may operate in the same building, and the board of zoning appeals may not grant a variance from these location rules.
Violations & Fines
Operating without a permit, an expired permit, or in violation of the spacing rules is a violation of Article IV; the department can suspend a permit after a 14-day cure period and revoke it outright for repeat or criminal violations, barring reapplication for one year.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can North Port grant a spacing variance for an adult business?
Sources & Official References
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