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

Article IX of the Port Orange City Code (§§ 18-231—18-261) taxes and regulates adult entertainment establishments within the City of Port Orange, Florida, while flatly prohibiting sexually oriented businesses. Section 18-240 requires an adult entertainment business tax receipt limited to a single classification, either adult bookstore, adult theater or adult performance establishment, before any such establishment may operate. 00 nonrefundable application fee credited toward the first year's tax if approved. The city manager has 30 days to grant or deny the application under § 18-242, and if 30 days pass with no denial the applicant may begin operating.

Section 18-258 makes it unlawful to operate an escort service or a physical contact parlor anywhere in the city, subject only to narrow affirmative defenses such as a bona fide dating service or a state-licensed massage, medical or cosmetology practice. Section 18-252 requires opaque covering of windows, bans signage referencing nudity, and limits exterior colors to a single achromatic or light pastel shade. , and separately bans admitting or employing anyone under 18. Section 18-248 escalates automatically on repeat violations: three specified violations or criminal acts with convictions within two years trigger a mandatory 30-day suspension, a further violation after that suspension triggers 90 days, and a violation after the 90-day suspension triggers 180 days; § 18-249 requires revocation on a further repeat, barring a new license at that location for three years.