Subd. 1. Payment Required. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a receipt from the Finance Director for payment in full of the required fee for the license. All fees shall be paid into the General Fund of the city. Upon rejection of any application for a license, the Finance Director shall refund the amount paid.
Subd. 2. Expiration; Pro Rata Fees. Every license except a temporary license shall expire on the last day of March in each year. Each license except a temporary license shall be issued for a period of one year, except that if a portion of the license year has elapsed when the license is granted, the license shall be issued for the remainder of the year for a pro rata fee. In computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one month. A temporary license shall be issued for a specific period in which a special event to which the sale is incident is being held and such period shall be stated on the license.
Subd. 3. Fees.
1. The annual fee for licenses issued under this section shall be as set in the fee schedule adopted from time to time by the Council.
2. The applicant shall pay an investigation fee as set in the fee schedule adopted from time to time by the Council.
Subd. 4. Refunds. No part of the fee paid for any license issued under this section shall be refunded except in the following instances upon application to the Council within ten days from the happening of the event. There shall be refunded a pro rata portion of the fee for the unexpired period of the license, computed on a monthly basis, when operation of the licensed business ceases not less than one month before expiration of the license because of:
1. Destruction or damage of the licensed premises by fire or other catastrophe;
2. The licensee’s illness;
3. The licensee’s death; or
4. A change in the legal status of the municipality making it unlawful for the licensed business to continue.