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Kingdom City Suspension, Revocation, or Non-Renewal: License ordinance (§ 605.280)

Chapter 605: Business Regulations · Article II. Adult Business Licensing

In short: If the Village Clerk learns an adult business or its manager, server or entertainer licensee broke these rules, lied on an application or was disqualified by a conviction, the Governing Body holds a public hearing. It can suspend the license up to 90 days, revoke it for the license year, or impose probation up to one year.

Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.

A. Whenever the Village Clerk has information that:

1. The owner or operator of an adult business or a holder of a manager, server or entertainer license has violated, or knowingly allowed or permitted the violation of, any of the provisions of this Article; or

2. There have been recurrent violations of provisions of this Article that have occurred under such circumstances that the owner or operator of an adult business knew or should have known that such violations were committed; or

3. The adult business licensee or the manager, server 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, server 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 operator, or any partner, or any corporate 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 owner or operator of an adult business or the holder of a manager, server or entertainer license has become disqualified from having a license by a conviction as provided herein, then the Village Clerk shall make this information known to the Governing Body, which shall conduct a public hearing, in accordance with the notice and hearing procedure set forth in Section 605.290, to determine whether the license should be suspended or revoked. Based on the evidence produced at the hearing, the Governing Body may take any of the following actions:

a. Suspend the license for up to ninety (90) days;

b. Revoke the license for the remainder of the license year; or

c. Place the license holder on administrative probation for a period of up to one (1) year, on the condition that no further violations of this 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 remainder of the license year.

Official source: Village of Kingdom City official Code of Ordinances (online), § 605.280

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.