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Boonville License—Ineligibility and disqualification ordinance (§ 10-136)

Chapter 10: Licenses and Taxation · Article VII. Adult Businesses

No person is eligible nor shall a license be issued to:

(1) An applicant for an adult business license if one or more of the following conditions exist:

a. A special use permit for the adult business has not been issued or has been revoked or suspended;

b. The owner or applicant or any business owned, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part by applicant or owner, is in violation of any ordinance of the city;

c. The applicant knowingly failed to supply all of the information requested on the application;

d. The applicant knowingly gave materially false, fraudulent or untruthful information on the application;

e. The applicant has been convicted, released from incarceration for conviction or diverted on any of the crimes set forth herein during the time period set forth herein;

f. The applicant has had an adult business license or comparable license revoked or suspended in this or any other city during the past five years; or

g. If the applicant is applying for a license to operate a bath house or body painting studio and applicant has not produced a health certificate as required herein for all persons working on the premises.

(2) An applicant for a manager or entertainer license if one or more of the following conditions exist:

a. The adult business where the manager or entertainer will perform services does not have an adult business license;

b. The applicant has been convicted, released from incarceration for conviction or diverted on any of the crimes set forth herein during the time period met forth herein;

c. The applicant knowingly failed to provide all of the information required on the application;

d. The applicant knowingly gave materially false, fraudulent or untruthful information on the application;

e. The applicant has had a manager or entertainer license revoked or suspended in this or any other city during the past five years;

f. The applicant is applying for a license for a manager or entertainer in a bath house or body painting studio and has not produced a health certificate as required herein.

Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 10-136

Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.

Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.