Posted on 12/21/2011 2:45:02 PM PST by bimboeruption
EVELY, Mo. (CBS St. Louis) A Missouri city is fighting back against an adult sex-shop by not turning on the stores water as the owner takes his case against the town to federal court.
The battle over Don Kleinhans Pure Pleasure Boutique in Pevely, Mo., began more than a year ago when he applied for a business license but was denied by the town. He decided to open his store last December despite the fact of not having a business license.
Pevely city administrator Jason Eisenbeis told CBS St. Louis that Kleinhans was denied a business license because the store violated a town ordinance of being 1,000 feet within an elementary school and a church.
Its not exactly in our eyes legal, Eisenbeis said in reference to Kleinhans keeping the shop open. They were issued summons for almost a year on a daily basis Were spinning our wheels here.
Despite not having running water in the store, Eisenbeis said they have portable toilets outside the shop and electricity.
Kleinhans originally filed a lawsuit against the city in January to acquire a business license, saying it court records that it is not an adult store and that it is a novelty shop.
The city won another round against the sex shop on Monday as Pevelys Board of Aldermen voted 6-0 to deny Kleinhans a business license again.
The city of Pevely and the Board of Aldermen are sticking to their guns, Eisenbeis told CBS St. Louis.
The case is back in the hands of a federal judge as Kleinhans hopes to keep the sex shop open. There are three other Pure Pleasure sex shops in Missouri.
CBS St. Louis has reached out to Kleinhans for comment.
I'm happy the city is enforcing its zoning code.
***... because the store violated a town ordinance of being 1,000 feet within an elementary school and a church.***
Reminds me of the old story of the w#ore house built too close to a church, so the city fathers moved the church.
in other words an illegal sex shop wants water.
The kids already get that in school though. ugh
I don’t see where the owner has much of a case against the city. He was denied a license based upon existing town law, and is currently operating without a business license. He’s breaking the law, the town is enforcing it.
I suppose the federal case will all come down to the definition of “adult shop”. Hopefully there won’t be any Clinton appointees reviewing the case, eh?
I hope it is just poor writing, but it says it is 1,000 feet within the school and church.... That would be INSIDE them. ?
I hope the owner is providing Rosy Palms Hand Sanitizers in the portable johns.
But how are they going to mop the floors?????
THE HORROR.....the horror......
If this was a kids lemonade stand, they would have already arrested them for failure to have a business license.
Perhaps the owners should claim it’s a educational supply store, instead of a novelty store. They could give “educators” a special discount.
so this is how to outlaw any business.
only allow licenses within 1000 feet of churches and schools.
forbin those objectionable businesses withing 1000 feet.
so if a church opens up next door the business must move?
No.
They could rename the city from Pevely to Pervely to help the business fit right in.
Why can’t they just use hand sanitizer to clean up?
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No license, no water.
Where does it say an illegal business can demand water from a city?
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