Seminole County planning panel recommends liquor-license upgrade for Tehran Hookah Lounge with noise limits

The Seminole County Plan and Zoning Commission on May 7 voted to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve a special exception allowing Tehran Hookah Lounge to upgrade from a 2-COP beer-and-wine license to a 4-COP liquor license for on-site consumption, provided conditions including a seating cap of 84, an outdoor patio closure at 10 p.m., a ban on amplified outdoor sound and a volume regulator on indoor and outdoor music.

Hillary Peyton, planner for Seminole County, told the panel that the lounge — located on roughly 4 acres at the southwest corner of Aloma Avenue and Deep Lake Road in the Deep Lake planned development and occupying about 2,000 square feet — was granted a beer-and-wine license in 2019 but must obtain a special exception to sell liquor because county land‑use rules treat incidental alcohol sales differently from on-site alcohol…