Brevard County, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

No adult bookstore, leisure spa establishment, adult motion picture theater or adult dancing establishment shall be permitted to do business in the county without having first obtained a license as required under this article. Adult entertainment establishments legally in existence and operating on the date that any ordinance amendments are passed by the board are granted permission to file an application for a license under this article or otherwise comply with the amended adult entertainment code not later than 55 days after the date the amendments are passed by the board.(b)Adult entertainment establishment licenses referred to in this article shall be one of four separate types of licenses, which are classified as follows:(1)Adult bookstore.(2)Adult motion picture theatre.(3)Leisure spa.(4)Adult dancing.(c)An adult entertainment establishment shall be limited to one of the four classes of licenses and thereby limited to the one type of activity for which the license is issued. However, a given adult entertainment business operating with a valid business tax receipt at the time of the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived shall be allowed to apply for and receive those licenses necessary to operate the types of adult entertainment it offered immediately prior to such effective date, provided it complies with all other requirements of this article. (Code 1979, § 14-238; Ord. No. 97-16, § 7, 5-27-97; Ord. No. 2007-003, § 27, 2-20-07)