Plantation, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted use
- Principal or accessory in PWSDE overlay
- Smoke separation
- Required when accessory to another use
- Ventilation standard
- Florida Building Code and NFPA Code
- On-site rolling
- Cigar making, cigarette rolling allowed
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 27-93(e)(5)d
Summary
Plantation allows retail tobacco and tobacco-accessories stores, plus cigar bars, only where the underlying zoning permits them. Within the Plantation Walk Shopping, Dining and Entertainment overlay, § 27-93(e)(5)d expressly lists the use as permitted, principal or accessory, subject to a smoke-containment separation and building-code ventilation.
d.Retail Tobacco and Tobacco Accessories Store; Cigar Bar1.Permitted as a principal use or accessory to a restaurant, alcoholic beverage establishment or entertainment venue. If accessory to another use, the smoking area shall be physically separated from the main use to contain the smoke.2.Indoor smoking of tobacco products is permitted subject to provision of adequate ventilation as required by the Florida Building Code and NFPA Code, as amended from time-to-time.3.Cigar making and cigarette rolling for retail sale on premises is permitted.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 30 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
1. If the tobacco or cigar operation is accessory to another business, the code requires the indoor smoking area be physically separated from the main use so smoke does not migrate into the rest of the establishment. 2, both as amended from time to time. 3, distinguishing hand-rolled tobacco production from an ordinary retail sales operation. Outside the PWSDE overlay, a proposed tobacco or vape retailer must instead check the underlying zoning district's Master Business List for a permitted retail classification before opening, since this relaxed-use table only applies inside that specific overlay boundary along the Midtown corridor.
Like any other retail business in the city, an operator still needs the city's standard Local Business Tax Receipt process to lawfully open its doors, separate from the zoning use approval addressed here.
Violations & Fines
Operating a retail tobacco store or cigar bar as an accessory use without the required physical separation of the smoking area, or without Florida Building Code and NFPA-compliant ventilation, puts the business out of compliance with § 27-93(e)(5)d and subjects it to the city's standard zoning and code enforcement process under Chapter 6, which can include a notice of violation and referral to the Special Magistrate for correction or fines.
Frequently Asked Questions
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