Business Licensing & Operations in Florence County, SC (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Florence County, South Carolina.
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Adult Entertainment
Unincorporated Florence County requires a county license to operate a sexually oriented business and bars siting one within 1,000 feet of homes, churches, schools, parks, day cares, another such business, or ten named highways, under Code Section 30-105.
Sexually Oriented Business Rules, Florence County
Significant RestrictionsFlorence County Code § 30-105
No such use shall be located within 1,000 feet (measured in a straight line and documented on a map drawn to scale) of: (1)A residence or a residential zone;(2)A church or religious institution;(3)Public or private schools and educational facilities;(4)Public parks and recreational facilities;(5)U.S. Highways 378, 76, 301, 52, and S.C. Highways 341, 403, 327, 51, 41, 403, and Interstate 95;(6)...
Massage Establishments
Florence County Code § 30-250 bars a massage parlor from locating within 1,000 feet of any school, public or private park, church or residential area in the unincorporated county, and within 1,000 feet of another adult bookstore, adult theater or similar establishment. The Board of Zoning Appeals can grant a variance from these locational limits.
Florence County Massage Parlor Distance Rules
Significant RestrictionsFlorence County Code § 30-250(2)-(3)
(2)Locational requirements. No adult bookstore, adult motion picture theater, adult mini-motion picture theater, adult drive-in motion picture theater, massage parlor or similar establishment shall be located within 1,000 feet of any school, public, or private park, church, or residential area, within Florence County, or within 1,000 feet of any such other such establishment. ... (3)Variances. ...
Tattoo & Body Modification
In unincorporated Florence County, a tattoo facility is only a conditional use where Table II of the zoning ordinance allows it. Sec. 30-113 ties the location standard to S.C. Code Sec. 44-34-110, requires zoning compliance review under Sec. 30-267, and makes a South Carolina DHEC permit a condition of opening. Skip any of those and the shop cannot legally operate in the county's unincorporated area.
Tattoo Studio Rules in Florence County
Some RestrictionsFlorence County Code § 30-113
Tattoo facilities, where conditionally permitted by Table II, must comply with South Carolina Code of Laws 1976, as amended, and shall be tempered by the supplemental siting criteria of this section. ... (b)Location/site requirements. The location of a tattoo facility must comply with Table II of this chapter and S.C. Code 1976, § 44-34-110.(c)Zoning compliance/additional requirements. Zoning c...
Tobacco Retail License
Unincorporated Florence County's mixed-use and townhouse zoning table carves tobacco, e-cigarette, and other smoking-supply retailers out of the general 'all other retail' permitted-use line. Because County Code § 30-80.2(b) treats any use not separately listed in Table XI as unpermitted, that carve-out means these retailers cannot locate in the TH, MR, MMF, MU, CMU, or FO/LI zoning districts at all.
Florence County Vape and Tobacco Retail Zoning Limit
Heavy RestrictionsFlorence County Code § 30-80.2(b)-(c) (Table XI)
(b)Table interpretation. ... Where a given use or NAICS reference is not listed in this table, said use shall not be permitted. ... TH MR MMF MU CMU FO/LI ... All other retail, excluding tobacco, e-cigarette, and other smoking supply retail 455110, 455, 458, 459 N N N P P N 1.0 per 350 s.f. GFA
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