Coconut Creek, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)

Coconut Creek does not run a separate vape license. It controls these shops through zoning and the business tax receipt. Code § 13-621, the Master Business List for the B-2, B-3 and B-4 districts, lists "Retail electronic-cigarette/vaporizer store" with an S in all three districts, and it lists "Smoking lounge, cigar bar, hookah bar, vapor bar, vapor lounge" with an S in all three as well. The legend defines S as a special land use under section 13-35.

The definitions in section 13-295 say what counts. A retail electronic-cigarette/vaporizer store is a business for which more than fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area is dedicated to the storage, mixing, display and/or retail sale of e-cigarette devices, nicotine-enriched solutions and related liquid products. A lounge or vapor bar is a business whose enclosed indoor floor area is configured to facilitate on-site consumption.

Special land use approval under section 13-35 is discretionary. The development review committee reviews the application, the planning and zoning board recommends, and the City Commission approves, approves with conditions, or denies it by resolution. The Code says special land uses are considered adverse to the public interest except on specific sites where all approval standards are met, including harmony with nearby uses and no undue traffic or public safety demand.

After zoning approval the operator needs a business tax receipt. Section 18-24 bars issuance where the location conflicts with zoning unless the applicant shows a vested nonconforming use or a variance, and it charges a non-refundable $25.00 pre-application fee. The section 18-37 schedule lists TOBACCO SHOPS (206000) at $127.61.