(A) Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a receipt from the city’s Finance Director for payment in full of the required application and investigative fee for the license as established by the City Council. All fees shall be paid into the General Fund of the city.
(B) All licenses shall expire on December 31 in each year. The city shall issue each license for one year; except that, if part of the license year has elapsed when the application is made, the city may issue a license for the remainder of the year for a prorated fee. In computing such fee, the city shall count any unexpired fraction of a month as one month.
(C) The annual fee for an adult use or sexually-oriented business license shall be as established by the City Council.
(D) No part of the fee paid for a license issued under this chapter shall be refunded, except in the following instances upon application to the City Manager within 30 days from the happening of the event. The city shall refund a prorated portion of the fee for the unexpired period of the license, computed monthly, 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; and
(4) A change in the legal status making unlawful for the licensed business to continue.
(E) Each application shall contain a provision on the application in bold print stating that any withholding of information or the providing of false or misleading information will be grounds for the denial or revocation of a license. Any changes in the information provided on the application or provided during the investigation shall be reported to the City Council by the application or licensee. If the changes take place during the investigation, the data shall be provided to the city’s Chief of Police or City Administrator in writing, and they shall report the changes to the City Council. Failure to report said changes by the applicant(s) or the licensee may result in a denial or revocation of a license.