(A) The annual license fee is set by City Council resolution.
(B) Each application for a license shall be submitted to the City Administrator and payment made to the city. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by payment in full of the required license fee. Upon rejection of any application for a license, the applicant may be refunded a portion of the license fee in accordance with the fee resolution, except where rejection is for a willful misstatement in the license application.
(C) All licensing shall expire on the last day of December of each year. Each license shall be issued for a period of one year, except that if a portion of the license year has elapsed when application is made, a license may be issued for the remainder of the year for a prorated fee. In computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one month.
(D) Once a license has been granted, no part of the fee paid by any licensee shall be refunded, except that a prorated portion of the fee shall be refunded in the event of the complete closure of the business and cessation of business activities for any of the following reasons and upon application to the City Administrator within 30 days from the happenings of the event, provided that such event occurs more than 30 days before the expiration of the license:
(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 making it unlawful for licensed business to continue.
(E) Each application shall contain a provision on the application indicating that any withholding of information or the providing of false or misleading of information will be grounds for denial or revocation of a license. Any changes in the information provided on the application or provided during the investigation shall be brought to the attention of the City Administrator by the applicant or licensee. If said changes take place during the investigation, said data shall be provided to the Police Chief or the City Administrator in writing.
(Ord. 236, passed 6-9-2008)