Many years ago, a little coffee house I knew of was 'upsetting' the local authorities. When they couldn't find any 'public nuisance' ordinances to close it, they simple sent in the building inspectors to nibble it to death.

One of the inspectors was heard to assert (off the record) "We can close ANY place, if we want to."    The owner tried for two months to fix things, then quit when it became obvious they were going to keep finding things till he gave up.