Kansas- The Wichita City Council held off renewing licenses for three After Dark Video stores Tuesday because council member Jeff Longwell suspects at least one of the sex-oriented businesses has building code violations.

Longwell was referring to the store at 7805 W. Kellogg.

“It’s a building that’s in horrible shape,” Longwell said after deferring the vote. “They do absolutely zero maintenance.”

Longwell said the licensing will be delayed until code inspectors report on the building’s condition. Code violations are grounds to deny a sex-oriented business a license.

Licenses will also be delayed for two other After Dark Video stores because they were part of the same council agenda item. The stores are at 3721 S. Broadway and 2809 N. Broadway.

The Eagle contacted the West Kellogg store Tuesday and was directed to an employee at the South Broadway store. The man who answered declined to give his name but said that he had just talked with an inspector and that the business needs only to replace some ceiling tiles and the roof.

“It’s going to take maybe a few days to get it fixed,” he said.

He did not elaborate.

The council will not meet next Tuesday, but it could address the business licenses when it meets May 6.