Legal proceedings have begun to ensure that club owner Dennis Steffes does not reopen any type of business at the location of the former downtown hip-hop club Last Call.

The owners of the property at 729 N.H. have filed a lawsuit in Douglas County District Court seeking to evict Steffes’ company from the premises.

An attorney for the Park Hetzel III Trust that owns the property has argued in court filings that Steffes’ company has violated the lease for the property by not meeting all “requirements of municipal and governmental authorities in its use of the premises.”

Attorney Terence Leibold also argued in a Feb. 22 filing that Steffes violated a provision in the lease that states he “would not do, suffer or permit any act to be done in or about the premises which will increase any insurance rate with respect to the business.”

The eviction efforts come after a Feb. 10 incident where three people were shot outside the club. Following that incident, Steffes said he would not reopen the club, which has been the subject of multiple complaints related to illegal gun activity. But Steffes said he did plan to keep the lease at the building and open another business that met with city leaders’ approval.

If the eviction proceeding – which Steffes will have the opportunity to contest in court – is successful he would not be able to open a new business at the location.

A hearing has been scheduled for the case at 8:30 a.m. on March 7 before Douglas County District Judge Michael Malone.

An attempt to reach Steffes for comment was not immediately successful.

Meanwhile, the 26-year-old Topeka man accused of the actual shooting has waived his right to fight extradition from Kentucky.

At a hearing Monday afternoon in Kentucky’s Christian County District Court, Carlos Jerome Jackson also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of giving authorities there a false name upon his arrest, said Maureen Leamy, assistant Christian County attorney.

A judge gave Jackson credit for time served in Kentucky on that misdemeanor, which could be up to 90 days, so that Douglas County authorities could begin the process to bring him here to face charges, Leamy said.

Authorities arrested Jackson Feb. 15 at the Kentucky home of relatives on a felony warrant in which Douglas County prosecutors accuse him of three counts of aggravated battery in the shooting of two Last Call employees and a 15-year-old boy outside the private club in Lawrence.

Leamy said the sheriff’s office in Christian County would likely contact Douglas County authorities today or sometime this week.

Lt. Kari Wempe, a Douglas County Sheriff’s spokeswoman, said she expected Jackson to be returned to Kansas “within the next two weeks.”