Boonville Suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal—License ordinance (§ 10-141)
Chapter 10: Licenses and Taxation · Article VII. Adult Businesses
Whenever the city clerk has information that:
(1) The owner of an adult business or a holder of a manager or entertainer license has violated, or knowingly allowed or permitted the
violation of, any of the provisions of this article or any other ordinance of the Code of General Ordinances; or
(2) There have been recurrent violations of pro-
visions of this article that have occurred under such circumstances that the owner of an adult business knew or should have known that such violations were committed; or (3) The adult business license or the manager
or entertainer license was knowingly obtained through false statements in the application for such license, or renewal thereof; or
(4) The adult business licensee or the manager
or entertainer licensee knowingly failed to make a complete disclosure of all information in the application for such license, or renewal thereof; or
(5) The owner or any partner, member, man-
ager, stockholder or other person owning an interest in the adult business or any officer or director holding an adult business license has become disqualified from having a license by a conviction as provided herein; or (6) If the holder of a manager or entertainer
license has become disqualified from having a license by a conviction as provided herein; or
(7) The adult business for which the license of
the manager or entertainer is issued has been suspended or revoked;
Then the city clerk shall make this information known to the governing body, which, upon five day's written notice to the person holding the license, shall conduct a public hearing to determine whether the license should be suspended or revoked. The governing body may pass a resolution setting forth the procedures for the conduct of such hearings. Based on the evidence produced at the hearing, the governing body may take any of the following actions:
(1) Suspend the license for up to 90 days;
(2) Revoke the license for the remainder of the
license year;
(3) Place the license holder on administrative
probation for a period of up to one year, on the condition that no further violations of the article occur during the period of probation. If a violation does occur and after a hearing the violation is determined to have actually occurred, the license will be revoked for the reminder of the license year;
(4) Terminate the license.
Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 10-141
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.