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

Under Code of Ordinances Sec. 27-111(e)(3), adult entertainment establishments "shall be permitted subject to conditional use approval in the I-LP zoning district," and the property line of the site cannot sit closer than 700 feet by airline measurement from the nearest property line of any residential use, house of worship, hospital, public or private school, day care center, or public park. The same buffer runs the other direction: a new home, church, school, day care or park cannot locate within 700 feet of an existing adult entertainment establishment.

Neither the board of adjustment nor the city council can grant a waiver or variance of the distance rule, and the code expressly bars using a use variance to place an adult entertainment establishment anywhere else in the city. Beyond zoning, Sec. 27-111(f) layers on a permitting scheme: no one may operate an adult entertainment establishment without first obtaining an adult entertainment permit from the city, reviewed and issued by the building and zoning director. The application must identify the applicant, disclose business history including any prior denial, revocation or suspension of a similar license, and be signed under the manner the code prescribes.

00, charged in addition to any required occupational tax receipt or zoning permit. A denied applicant can appeal to the board of adjustment. Performance standards in Sec. 27-111(4) also require adult bookstore and theater interiors to be visible to supervisory staff and restrict how building openings may be screened, reinforcing that this is a heavily conditioned, narrowly sited use rather than an outright ban.